The buzz of a bumble bee feeding at a willow catkin is a sure sign that spring has arrived to Interior Alaska. As more and more flowers unfurl to offer their nectar and pollen rewards, a dizzying ...
In a finding that broadens our understanding of time perception in the animal kingdom, researchers have discovered that an insect pollinator, the bumble bee, can estimate the duration of time ...
Bumble bees—vital and fuzzy pollinators—face unique threats amidst global insect declines. If the insect world has a fuzzy, charismatic cutie, it’s surely the humble bumble bee. While insect ...
Sam Walters is the associate editor at Discover Magazine who writes and edits articles covering topics like archaeology, paleontology, ecology, and evolution, and manages a few print magazine sections ...
About a half hour’s drive northeast of downtown Washington, D.C., at the U.S. Geological Survey’s Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, Sam Droege holds court in a lab filled with hundreds of insect ...
KALAMAZOO, MI – Scientists have discovered an extremely rare bumble bee species in Michigan for the first time in more than 25 years. Ecologists believed for years that the rusty-patched bumble bee ...
Electrifying: a bumble-bee's tiny hairs detect electric fields. (Courtesy: G P Sutton et al.) The bumble-bee uses its distinctive yellow-and-black fuzz to sense weak electric fields. This is the ...
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