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 ...

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 ...

But it's not only bumble bees getting slowly eaten alive. Bee flies eat the eggs of other insects, like wasps and grasshoppers. So if you happen to be missing any of these insects in your garden ...

Search coastal California for wild bumblebees with conservation biologist Leif Richardson, one of the leaders of the California Bumble Bee Atlas with the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation.