Bumblebees play crucial roles in nature as pollinators for many wildflowers, and in agriculture as pollinators of field crops. They also exhibit complex social structures and behaviors. Scientists ...

When you hear the word bee, the image that pops to mind is probably a honeybee. Maybe a bumblebee. But for conservation biologist Thor Hanson, author of the new book Buzz, the world is abuzz with ...

We just wrapped the most deadly winter on record for commercial honey bees in the U.S. They not only make honey, they also pollinate more than a hundred U.S. crops here for a total of $18 billion in ...

The state is home to more than 1,000 species of bees—from miner bees, which dig their nests in the ground, to squash bees, which you can sometimes catch napping on zucchini flowers. Nearly 10% of all ...

In case you didn’t know, since 2020, February has been designated Winter Honey month in Virginia, a fact perhaps not well advertised outside of the beekeeper community. In this session of the Virginia ...

When New Britain’s long-awaited bees came to Central Park, the effect was dramatic: Bright colors and fanciful designs added some cheerfulness to the otherwise drab, cold Tuesday morning. “This is ...