The American Bumble Bee, Bombus pensylvanicus, is one of the most common bumble bee species found on the Front Range and is one of the 24 species found in Colorado 1. This species is found only in the ...

IT is almost impossible to irritate a worker wasp or bumble-bee to the pitch that it will fly to attack, except when it is defending its home. The queen wasp or bumble-bee will not even defend her ...

When pollen is scarce, bumble bees will nibble on the leaves of plants that lack flowers thereby damaging them, which compels the plants to bloom two to four weeks earlier A buff-tailed bumble bee ...

I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs. The ...

Connal McLean is affiliated with The Moths and Butterflies of New Zealand Trust and The Entomological Society of New Zealand. Jennifer Jandt does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive ...

A team of scientists took a closer look at declining bee populations in the Netherlands and discovered something unexpected — the bees were getting smaller. What does the world look like to a wasp ...

Community science volunteers -- laypeople with an interest in bees and conservation -- significantly contribute to the scientific knowledge of native bumble bees across Canada and the United States.