The Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas is looking for volunteers to net bumblebees and collect data that could help conserve the native ...

The black and gold bumblebee became the official Illinois state bee Wednesday. Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 4438 into law, ...

Students from Lincoln Junior High School in Naperville, Illinois, successfully advocated for the designation of the black and gold bumblebee as the state's official bee through a yearlong effort, ...

Pritzker signs HB 4438 naming black and gold bumblebee Illinois’ official state bee after Naperville students’ advocacy.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law designating the black and gold bumblebee as the Illinois State Bee.

Volunteers across Iowa conducted nearly 500 bumble bee atlas surveys in 2025, which was more than three times the number of ...

A species of bumblebee with a brain smaller than a sesame seed has solved a physical problem that researchers never ...

Note to grown-ups looking to get legislation passed in Illinois: It helps to have the backing of school kids. While some high-profile bills failed to garner enough support during the spring session of ...

(NEXSTAR) — The rusty patched bumble bee was once found in roughly half the U.S., from Maine down south to Georgia and as far west as the Dakotas. Today, only about a dozen states have recorded ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the Scripps National Spelling Bee. May 28, 2026 – Shrey Parikh, 14, of California wins the 98th annual Scripps National Spelling Bee. May 29, 2025 – Faizan Zaki, 13, of Texas ...

Every bumble bee colony has a queen, but a new study led by researchers at Penn State suggests the process of determining which baby bee reigns supreme may be less monarchal than the royal title ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Artificial intelligence is moving into the dating world, with Bumble announcing a new tool designed to help users find matches more effectively. The company said it is ...