Bumble bees sustain many of our most nutritious crops, while honey bees underpin food production across the globe.

Rusty patched bumble bees lost 87% of their population over the last couple of decades nationwide — their local populations here in Evanston declined as well. Scientists and residents in the greater ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOWT) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to assist with bee-counting surveys in an effort to support the nationwide Bumble Bee Atlas project. Iowa ...

When a bumble bee emerges from torpor, it repeatedly rubs its arms over its head and flexes its abdomen. It’s a half-stretch, half-dance move that warms the bee up and out of the state of decreased ...

Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist ...