The rusty patched bumble bee had only been seen in seven states over the last 10 years. That was until a Johnson County Conservation staff member noticed groups of bees exiting and entering a small ...

Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to the vital role that pollinators have in helping maintain food and plants across the world. New ...

Cornell researchers recently observed a novel ‘outhouse’ structure in Arctic bumble bee nests that could mitigate the spread of fecal-borne disease within bee colonies. The outhouse is a small and ...

Everything seems waterlogged at this point, doesn't it? As we march toward the end of July with many more rainy days in front of us, we've been wondering — what happens to bees that make their nests ...

FRISCO (AP) – Jacqueline Staab found a way to combine her two passions in her conservation research efforts: bees and dogs. Staab’s dog, Darwin, was trained as a conservation detection dog to seek out ...

(This story was updated to correct how often the rusty patched bumble bee has been seen. It's been seen in seven states over 10 years.) The rusty patched bumble bee had only been seen in seven states ...