In 2021, scientists in Guelph, Ontario set out to accomplish something that had never been done before: open a lab specifically designed for raising bumble bees in captivity. Now, three years ...
Like their eponymous cuckoo bird, which can lay eggs in the nests of other bird species, the Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee invades the nests of other bumble bees, said Rich Hatfield, senior ...
TEXAS, USA — After several years of observation, a new blue bee has been found in Texas and Oklahoma. According to the University of Oklahoma, the new mining bee species is part of the Andrena ...
A Center investigation found that the majority of America’s native bee species are in decline, with nearly one-quarter at risk of extinction. Native bees suffer from habitat loss, pesticide use, ...