This fascinating fact has come to light, so to speak, as a video of bees not being able to fly without light has gone viral on TikTok and Reddit. The video captures dozens of bees plummeting to the ...

Good pollen makes bees hot, biologists have found. Wasps warm up too when they find protein-rich meat, a separate experiment has shown. Good pollen makes bees hot, biologists at UC San Diego have ...

Bumble bee expert Dr. Jeffrey Lozier of the University of Alabama. (UA photo) When reporting on Dr. Jeffrey Lozier, the University of Alabama's bumble bee expert, it's best to get the No. 1 myth out ...

The genus Bombus consists of over 250 species of large, nectar-loving bumblebees. Their bright coloration serves as a warning to predators that they are unwelcome prey and their bodies are covered in ...

Bumble bees respond to physical disturbance of their nest with a sequence of defensive behaviors that lasts up to 10 minutes, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Bumble bees are clumsy fliers. They crash into things about ...

One of the amusements a garden can provide is watching the birds, bees, butterflies and other critters drawn to it. Most of us have seen honeybees flying from flower to flower, sipping nectar or ...

Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first statewide census of the fuzzy pollinators in 40 years. Several species of California bumble bees have gone missing in the first ...

Good pollen makes bees hot, biologists at UC San Diego have found. Wasps warm up too when they find protein-rich meat, a separate experiment has shown. In both cases warmer flight muscles likely speed ...