California photographer and conservationist Krystle Hickman is on a quest to document hundreds of species of native bees, which are under threat by climate change and habitat loss, some of it caused ...

Pollinators like the blue orchard bee live in a natural symbiosis with farmers, because crops rely on them to reproduce. In return, the pollinators receive flower nectar that gives them energy to fly.

A warning has been issued by beekeepers in Horncastle about a predatory wasp that could decimate other insects and pollinators.

Scientists studying a Caribbean island cave have unearthed something unexpected: ancient bees very much unlike the hive-dwelling insects we’re most familiar with. For the first time ever, ...

Contrary to popular depictions of bee nests as large, intricate hives that hang from trees, the majority of bee species — about 90% — are actually solitary and build their nests in the ground or ...

A San Diego federal judge on Wednesday declined to dismiss a lawsuit that alleged human trafficking and forced labor violations by Bumble Bee Seafoods, the San Diego-based canned tuna giant, instead ...

Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting pressure on colonies already strained by habitat loss, disease, and ...

Bees are well-known to be sentient individuals with very active minds who display rich cognitive and emotional lives. What has never before been shown is that bumble bees, who play with balls and seem ...

Environmental Communications Specialist Brett Peto contributed this story. A bumble bee queen has a lot resting on her wings. She lives for four seasons. During that time, she will survive winter, ...