For community scientists interested in helping map data about bumble bees, the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute ...

Here the best seven to plant to attract more bees into your backyard. Lavender is a favorite in pollinator gardens for a good ...

On the eighth annual “World Bee Day,” around 400,000 bees in urban rooftop hives in Cologne, Germany, were busy at work ...

Many resources exist, including Pollinator.org and the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund, which both support endangered bees. These resources are a great way to track bee survival and stay informed ...

The rusty patched bumble bee (Bombus affinis) is a federally endangered species that hasn’t been seen in Georgia in over 30 years. Sarina Jepsen / Xerces Society Bumble bee populations are in ...

The historical specimen was collected in 1965, before steep population declines led the so-called rusty patched bumblebee to be declared an endangered species in 2017. With native bees ...

When FWS announced the endangered species classification for the rusty patched bumble bee, it wrote: “Before it was declared endangered in 2017, the rusty patched bumble bee experienced a widespread ...

Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data center in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part because a rare species of bee was discovered on land earmarked for the ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. One day in early August, Michelle Wiegand was doing yard work at her Iowa City house. While moving ...

While breeding endangered species in captivity can help ... Though the level of inbreeding observed in the bees seems high, the researchers stress that it is unclear whether this is abnormal.