The differences between species can be subtle to the untrained eye, but the general gestalt of a bumble bee is unmistakable: long colorful “fur” in some combination of black, white, orange ...

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 ...

LEXI NEWSOM: Common eastern bumble bees will nest anywhere, even in sidewalk cracks, so they are found across Chicago, CaraDonna said. Although the rusty patched bumble bee is uncommon, CaraDonna ...

Create an adorable Bumble Bee Craft using simple and affordable materials. You can get from your local dollar store! With wooden craft sticks, paint, and a few fun embellishments, kids can make a ...

Native bee biodiversity is essential to ensuring the effective pollination of plants — especially wildflowers. Many plants have such special relationships with their bee pollinators that only certain ...

Mammals do it. Birds do it. And now scientists say bees do it, too. According to a new paper published in Animal Behaviour, bumble bees like to play.The paper provides the first formal observation of ...

We recreate in our beautiful high alpine mountains, because they are covered in colorful wildflowers, which wouldn’t be there if they didn't have our native pollinators to help them reproduce.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife is looking at adding 9 new species under the Endangered Species Act. Florida's Southern Plains bumble bee is one of them.

Though impossible to confirm, entomologists say as many as 500 different bee species live in the Pacific Northwest, including bumble, sweat, mason and leafcutter bees.

World Bee Day 2025 takes place on Tuesday 20th May, ... Bumblebee Quiz. ... To celebrate World Bee Day the Octo-agents have been learning about incredible insects from across the world, ...