As numbers of these key pollinators decline, conservationists are eyeing new federal protections for one vulnerable species By Alex Fox Photograph by Clay Bolt Bumblebees’ round, hairy bodies are ...
ON HOW THIS COULD IMPACT MORE THAN BEES. MIKE: IT’S NOT EVERYDAY THAT YOU HEAR ABOUT INSECTS ON THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, BUT THAT’S WHAT THE GAME COMMISSION IS GOING TO CONSIDER ONE WEEK FROM TODAY ...
A yellow-faced bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii) approaching a California poppy. UC Davis entomologists are trying to learn all they can about how colonies of these pollinators respond to changes in the ...
Bumble bees play, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London published in Animal Behaviour. It is the first time that object play behavior has been shown in an insect, adding to ...
An owner who thought she was filming her dog sweetly looking at a bumblebee quickly realized her pet's inner thoughts took over. An August 30 Instagram clip shared to the account @lisa_the_stylist ...
Most of us can tell the difference between a honey bee, a bumble bee and a yellow jacket. Between those species there are hundreds of other species in Pennsylvania and thousands across North America ...
In a finding that broadens our understanding of time perception in the animal kingdom, researchers have discovered that an insect pollinator, the bumble bee, can estimate the duration of time ...
Rusty patched bumble bees lost 87% of their population over the last couple of decades nationwide — their local populations here in Evanston declined as well. Scientists and residents in the greater ...
In 2017, scientists in the UK carried out research suggesting that the small brain of the bumblebee may be more sophisticated than we realize, demonstrating how they could be trained to roll balls ...