New research from Penn State shows bumble bees often eat the wrong foods — a finding that challenges assumptions about bee ...

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.

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.

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 court’s decision makes clear that this isn’t just a moral imperative, but a legal one. The Service now must act quickly to protect the bee’s habitat before it is too late.” Once common in the ...

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 ...

Unfortunately, many bumblebee species are declining and at risk of becoming endangered. Threats to bumblebee populations include habitat loss, diseases, climate change, pesticides, and competition ...

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

Brazoria County residents urged to stay alert after recent bee attack sends man to hospital while mowing. Bee safety ...

Growth in Woodbury has competed with habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumblebee. Some people are trying to push more pollinator-friendly plantings instead of turf grass lawns.

Solitary bees are a diverse group of wild bees that nest alone rather than in hives or colonies like honeybees or bumblebees ...