A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest. By viewing almost 23,000 bumble bee-flower interactions over two years, researchers found that ...

Vermont’s bumble bees are in serious peril, according to a new study by the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. Three of the 15 bumble bee species found in Vermont are thought to be extinct and at least ...

The American bumble bee, a widespread species that appears to be in decline, is being reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.

The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee has achieved fame as the Minnesota state bee. It’s just one of about two dozen bumble bee species in Minnesota and scientists suspect others are at risk and ...

Learn how to identify a carpenter bee. Find out where and how long the bees live and what to do if they become a nuisance.

The rusty patched bumble bee gained federal protection Tuesday after the Trump administration removed its hold on listing the species as endangered. The listing, the first time a bumble bee species in ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – The rusty patched bumblebee has become the first bee species in the continental U.S. to be declared endangered after suffering a dramatic population decline over the past ...

Dwindling populations of the American bumblebee and their complete disappearance from eight states has led to a call for the bee to be placed under the Endangered Species Act before they face ...

Insects have long pollinated plants, but evidence of ancient pairing is rare. Fossils now show bees and linden trees goes back 24 million years.

The IUCN warns that climate change is affecting more than half (52%) of Europe's fragile butterfly species, and the severely ...

Conservationists warn bees and butterflies are at risk of disappearing for good - More than 20 per cent of both bumblebee and ...