It’s not easy being a queen — a bumblebee queen, that is. To start her colony in the spring, an expectant queen must first survive the winter by hibernating alone in the soil, where she’s vulnerable ...

There are some scientific discoveries that feel immediately sensible. Water is wet, fire is hot, politicians lie. And then there are discoveries that sound as though a group of slightly overworked ...

In an elaborate experiment, scientists discovered that the insects chose to hibernate in soil full of pesticides and other poisons. By Darren Incorvaia North-facing, sloping ground with loose, sandy ...

Consider the bumblebee queen hovering around dandelions in your yard. Having mated late last summer, she’s a soon-to-be single mom who needs to fatten up before she lays her first brood of eggs, ...

All hail the queen, she has arrived! A rare sighting has been made in Chanhassen. I have been photographing bumble bees this summer and came across a variety of them such as the red belted, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A queen bumble bee builds up nutrition reserves in preparation for overwintering. (Lucas Borg-Darveau) In most bumblebee species, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bumblebee on the edge of a swimming pool Bees can survive underwater for up to a week, scientists have found, after accidentally ...

The most anticipated sign of spring for this gardener is not the arrival of the first seed catalogs, not the first green tips of a daffodil and not even the first sighting of a red-winged blackbird.

A new genetic study reveals secrets about the creature, which may help researchers make decisions to conserve the species Anne Readel A rusty patched bumblebee, the first bumblebee species to be ...