To stay in the air when hovering over a flower, bumble bees continually flap their wings rapidly, a metabolic process that ...

When gardening, you have probably seen large, fuzzy, yellow and black bumble bees zipping from flower to flower, collecting pollen and nectar to bring back to their nests. Perhaps you have also seen ...

Like a duck that, on the surface, looks like it is calmly floating on the water while paddling furiously underneath, a bumble bee hovering over a flower may look like it’s not doing much to the naked ...

Environmental Communications Specialist Brett Peto contributed this story. A bumble bee queen has a lot resting on her wings. She lives for four seasons. During that time, she will survive winter, ...

Decades ago, the Bombus affinis species of the bumble bee could be seen thriving across the Eastern and Midwest regions of the United States. The species is distinguished by the presence of a rusty ...

Bumble bees may overpower invasive Argentine ants in one-on-one fights, but those victories come at a hidden cost.

Bumblebees have a way of looking both adorable and slightly overserved, wobbling from flower to flower like fuzzy little potatoes. They seem simple, almost carefree. But a new study suggests there’s ...

Discover the birth month bees. There's a specific bee for every month of the year. Here, we explain why they align with their ...