Submerged bees breathe and use strategies that don’t require oxygen, lab tests show. In nature, that trick could help the ...
Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to the vital role that pollinators have in helping maintain food and plants across the world. New ...
The common eastern bumblebee, Bombus impatiens. (a6475/iNaturalist, CC BY-SA 4.0) The discovery that bumblebee queens could shake it off and emerge unscathed after more than a week submerged in water ...
After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...
Even professional apiarists confuse carpenter bees and bumblebees. Nevertheless, there are clues that novice bee enthusiasts can rely on to help them properly distinguish these bees from each other.