The bees were split into two groups. For the first one, a short flash was the “dot” in Morse code, and it was associated with ...

Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that an insect – the bumblebee Bombus terrestris ...

Try to imagine a brain the size of a tiny poppy seed. Believe it or not, scientists have just discovered a brain this small ...

The animal kingdom is known for bitter rivalries that sometimes break out into full-on feuds, like the conflict between ...

The change of seasons is a necessary part of ecosystem regulation. With the buzzing activities of humans and insects alike, ...

It is the last week of October, as I watch a Common Carder Bee gathering nectar and pollen for her winter store. The "Carder Bee" is usually the last Bumblebee that we see in the UK, before ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the ...

Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting ...

Bees usually spend a lot of time flying from flower so you would never expect them to nest in the ground. Here are 6 types ...

To the casual observer, it's nothing more than an abandoned golf course. But the land, along with other weedy, minimally ...

“The taxonomist who describes a new species gets to name it,” Prendergast tells Jennifer Hassan at the Washington Post. After ...

Bumblebees can process the duration of flashes of light and use the information to decide where to look for food, a new study has found.