T he animal kingdom is known for bitter rivalries that sometimes break out into full-on feuds, like the conflict between ...
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 ...
Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting ...
When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the ...
“The taxonomist who describes a new species gets to name it,” Prendergast tells Jennifer Hassan at the Washington Post. After ...
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 ...
To the casual observer, it's nothing more than an abandoned golf course. But the land, along with other weedy, minimally ...
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that an insect – the bumblebee Bombus terrestris ...
Scientific name of bee is Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee), part of the Apidae family. Bees are crucial pollinators, adding $18 billion to US agriculture annually. There are over 20,000 species; key ...
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How Bees Spend the Winter

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