image: While many scientists are focused on the decline of honey bees, relatively few study bumble bees. The good news is that a new study provides an estimate on bumble bee population and ...

A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that ...

Honey bees aren’t the only pollinators—and most bees don’t sting! Learn the truth behind five common myths in honor of ...

Honey has been a human food source for over 6,000 years. It was probably referenced first in clay tablet form around 2,100 to 2,000 B.C. There are thought to be around 20,000 species of bees but only ...

In the first long-term, community-level field study of wild bumble bee nutrition, a team of ecologists led by Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden discovered that wild bees aren't ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3) - Bumble bees are one of the more well-known pollinators due to their large size and loud buzz. These fuzzy fliers are critical pollinators, but sadly their populations are ...

There are hardly any flowering plants left, and food for honey bees is becoming scarce. Researchers at the Biocenter have ...

A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such ...

It’s spring again ... time for bees to pollinate flowers. Although bee populations have leveled off during the past few years, we’re still at a nadir historically. In the 1940s, there were 6 million ...

September is National Honey Month, so let’s delve into the world of bees. There are many ways to enjoy honey, such as in a cup of tea or on a nice warm piece of corn bread. If you are lucky, there are ...