Ann Turkenburg Scott has a colony of bumblebees nesting under a shelf in her Kamloops shed for the summer in what appears to ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

In chess, the queen is the most valuable piece for a player. She’s capable of making any move, which also makes her the most ...

While most people picture the beloved honeybee when they think about bees, North America actually has 4,000 species of native bees, many of which are busy right now.

I saw this red poppy with a bumblebee inside. I always thought that bees couldn’t see red and so never visited red flowers. This bee seems very busy inside this one. J Rushe, Co Clare ...

Bumble bees nest mostly in the ground and, although their nests can be large, the colony dies off in the fall with the exception of the next year’s foundress or queen.

Even professional apiarists confuse carpenter bees and bumblebees. Nevertheless, there are clues novice bee enthusiasts can rely on to help them properly identify these bees from each other. Known ...

Research shows that what matters to bumble and honey bees is the shape of the flower, the quantity and quality of the nectar and, to some extent ...

Wild honeybees in Southern California are devouring the food supplies of native pollinators — posing a potential threat to ...