There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...

Whether posing as a sexy queen bee, a killer bumblebee or a more humorous version of the winged insect, it's surprisingly simple to apply bumblebee makeup. Use a few basic strategies to create a ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! Thank goodness for the recent rains we have received. Many areas in the Valley are still very dry. Many livestock farmers are feeding hay but pastures will ...

A rare bee made an appearance in the St. Louis region for the first time since the late 1800s. It’s called the lemon cuckoo bumblebee. The bee was spotted in Ned Siegel’s garden in Belleville this ...

Community science volunteers -- laypeople with an interest in bees and conservation -- significantly contribute to the scientific knowledge of native bumble bees across Canada and the United States.

Bee-lieve it or not, bees are considered the most important pollinator in the world. Lucky for us, here in Colorado we have the fifth-most bee diversity in the United States. You can find 946 native ...

OLYMPIA, Washington (Reuters) - A North American bumblebee species that all but vanished from about half of its natural range has re-emerged in Washington state, delighting scientists who voiced ...

ALBANY – Albany Law School students speak for the bumblebees. Actually, they spoke for the American bumblebee earlier this year when they filed a petition seeking to get them on the federal endangered ...