Scientists estimate there are about 4,000 species of native bees in the U.S.—and they’re both cooler and ecologically more ...

Pollinating insects such as bumblebees often repeatedly visit the same type of flower, even when a variety of flowers bloom ...

Supporting bees starts with being aware of the different types of bees in our gardens and ... of bees in North America form colonies such as bumble bees, sweat bees, and the non-native honeybee.

For this study, the researchers first did an experiment in the lab in which they exposed bumble bees to different types of stressors, including heat, cold and immune challenges. They then extracted ...

Since Darwin's time, the phenomenon known as flower constancy -- i.e., where insects consistently visit the same flower type even when many others are ...