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

A few years ago, Adrian Carper, who is in my department and also the Museum of Natural History at the University of Colorado Boulder, told me about a species of bee that could chew nest holes into ...

A bumble bee nest only has around 50 to 500 bees, while a honey bee hive can buzz with tens of thousands. A small colony inherently has less genetic diversity. Fewer bees, fewer genes.

The average bumblebee nest contains between 50 and 400 individual bees. That said, some nests have as few as 20 individuals, while the largest nests have up to 1,700 individual bees.

Planting native wildflowers, such as vetches – or even growing vegetables and herbs can provide food for bees. Setting up a ...

Bee study: Both habitat quality and biodiversity can impact bee health Date: December 5, 2022 Source: University of Michigan Summary: Efforts to promote the future health of both wild bees and ...

The Service now must act quickly to protect the bee’s habitat before it is too late.” According to a 2019 study from the University of Minnesota, the rusty patched bumblebee has suffered an 87% ...

A rare bee species’s nest has been spotted in Iowa for the first time since its listing as federally endangered in 2017. The bombus affinis bee nest, more commonly known as the rusty patched bumblebee ...

The rusty patched bumble bee built its nest in old and abandoned rodent holes underground, according to Johnson County Conservation. The nest was found more than 5 feet from the suspected main ...