Bumble bees have inspired many fun and catchy songs over the years. From energetic pop tunes to playful children’s songs, these buzzing insects have found a special place in music. Artists like ...

Mason Lee, senior project coordinator of the Biodiversity Institute, holds up a bumble bee in a tube during last year’s Bumble Bee Atlas training. This year’s training is scheduled Sunday, June 1, ...

Some queens don’t rule nonstop. A new study from the University of California, Riverside shows that even bumble bee queens, the sole founders of their colonies, take regular breaks from ...

Insect populations are declining. There are seven species of bumble bee in Rhode Island, but there used to be twelve. Researchers are tracking local bee populations to educate the community and ...

To better understand the more serious risks of bee and wasp stings, we spoke with Bryan Kuhn, PharmD, a poison education specialist at Banner Poison and Drug Information Center. “There isn’t ...

Human-rights groups were shocked in March by lawsuit allegations of horrific worker treatment on boats that supplied San Diego-based Bumble Bee Foods. The canned-tuna giant, target of the suit ...

A virus spread by mites is responsible for the death of 60-70% of commercially managed bee colonies in the U.S. The varroa mite, resistant to common miticides, carries the deadly virus.

It’s the first such crown for the program in a decade and the fifth overall. The first two section banners for Roseville in this sport were in 1982 and ‘83, and the next two coming in 2011 and ...

IT has been recently suggested, or maintained, that the case of the worker-bee can be explained on the principles of genetics and mutation, but not on the Lamarckian hypothesis. The queen bee or ...

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), under the Union Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, celebrated World Bee Day 2025 at its Central Office in Vile Parle, Mumbai, under ...