Bumble bees live in colonies with a few hundred insects that include a queen, female workers, and male bees (called drones). The queen bee is the only one that can lay eggs and it’s up to the ...

For the bumble bee contest. Whoever photographs or video records the insect, and is judged the winner, wins a prize — and bragging rights. The fifth annual Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble Bee ...

By WALLY PECK, Beltrami County Master Gardener Got bees? The question pops out at you from the flashing sign for a hardware store. The motivation is to sell you sprays or traps to eliminate these ...

Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every color of the rainbow and ranging widely in size. The country harbors ...

Insects on the other hand deal really ... mechanisms the insect uses to stay airborne. Despite solving the bumble bee paradox some time ago, which stated the bumble bee should not be able to ...

The results are in for a pair of UC Davis insect-spotting contests. The winners of the 5th annual Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble-Bee-of-the-Year contest, sponsored by the Bohart Museum of ...

A new study shows distinct effects of neonicotinoid pesticide exposure in different bumble bee body parts ... can threaten the survival of beneficial insects. In this study, the researchers ...

Across the country live about 4,000 native bee species — most of which are solitary and nest in the ground — coming in nearly every color of the rainbow and ranging widely in size. The country harbors ...