When ecologist Rachael Winfree first began studying bees 25 years ago, she happened upon a surprise: a species of plasterer bee in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, not seen in 50 years and suspected to ...
When we picture beekeeping, most of us imagine jars of golden honey, gentle buzzes in summer gardens, and helpful pollinators doing their thing. However, behind the feel-good image of honeybees lies a ...
While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead wild bumblebee queens in the hives, an average of 10 per nest box. While ...
How does urban honeybee-keeping impact wild bee populations? This is what a recent study published in Peerj hopes to address as a team of researchers examined the adverse effects of urban ...
Are drunk bees a thing? According to this Instagram post, it’s actually possible for bees to be bounced at the hive entrance ...
Over the past several decades the lives of the domesticated and native pollinators have increasingly overlapped Jude Isabella, bioGraphic Bumblebees are lovable, adorable and admirably occupied. They ...
LYNDEN, Wash. — After an estimated 15 million bees were unleashed by an overturned delivery truck in Whatcom County, cleanup crews have concluded their work and previously closed roads have reopened, ...
LYNDEN, Wash. — After an estimated 15 million bees were unleashed by an overturned delivery truck in Whatcom County, cleanup crews have concluded their work and previously closed roads have reopened, ...
"Knife,” Adriana Velíz says with the concentration of a brain surgeon. Shrouded in a white bee suit, she lies stretched out on the ground in one of Mexico City’s most buzzing districts. Taking the ...