Spring flooding was supposed to be a death sentence for them. Buried underground, dormant, with no way to surface, bumble bee queens caught in rising water seemed like straightforward casualties of a ...

All hail the queen, she has arrived! A rare sighting has been made in Chanhassen. I have been photographing bumble bees this summer and came across a variety of them such as the red belted, ...

Environmental Communications Specialist Brett Peto contributed this story. A bumble bee queen has a lot resting on her wings. She lives for four seasons. During that time, she will survive winter, ...

HEAR YE, hear ye! The queens have emerged! We’re talking about bumble bees (genus Bombus). For several weeks each spring, any bumble bee you see is a queen — and she’s very hard at work. She must ...

Pennsylvania’s native bumble bee queens are particularly vulnerable to outside pressures, such as harsh winters, according to the researchers. Credit: Sandy Millar/Unsplash The effects of pesticide ...

Connal McLean is affiliated with The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust and The Entomological Society of New Zealand. Jennifer Jandt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...