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 ...

It may be possible for some bumblebee colonies to adapt their nest site choice and form or behavior to cool their nests. Ground-penetrating radar could help study ground-nesting species, while ...

A recent study reveals that bumblebee queens may hold the key to the survival of the species, while teaching humans a lesson ...

Bumblebees are critical pollinators, and many species are in decline — but we don’t fully understand why. Now scientists have suggested that a major contributor may be to global warming compromising ...

Buglife said at least two of the UK's 25 species of bumblebee were believed to have started nest-building early. A lack of flowers and wintry weather could leave the nests at risk of collapse and ...

Bumblebee Nests May Be Overheating With Rising Global Temperatures, Study Finds Across various species and regions, bumblebee nests thrive between 82 and 89.6 degrees Fahrenheit—and climate ...

"Bee nests are really hard to find." Researchers use out-of-the-box method to locate critically endangered bumblebees: 'The smell is always there' first appeared on The Cool Down.

As the world's bumblebee population continues to decline, new research from the University of Guelph is pointing to global warming as a major contributor to the demise of the critical pollinators.

Published in Frontiers in Bee Science, the study looked at heat stress in bumblebees, reviewing 180 years’ worth of literature to determine the optimal temperature of bumblebees’ brood nests ...