A bumblebee rests at the center of a large golden sunflower while rows of bright yellow blooms fill the green field behind it. The close-up view captures the detailed petals, textured flower center, ...

Bee-hold Amazon’s Bumblebee Halloween pet costume. It is skin-friendly and keeps your furry baby comfy and snug all day.

Bombus dahlbomii, a giant ginger bumblebee fondly known as the flying mouse, is in decline in its native Patagonia due to commercial farming ...

A rare North American bumble bee may have been on a path toward extinction long before modern human impacts, suggesting that its long-term genetic vulnerability made it especially fragile and less ...

A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest. By viewing almost 23,000 bumble bee-flower interactions over two years, researchers found that ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Unladen common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens) in Ontario ...

Dwindling populations of the American bumblebee and their complete disappearance from eight states has led to a call for the bee to be placed under the Endangered Species Act before they face ...

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 ...

Franklin’s bumble bee (Bombus franklini) once inhabited a remote area spanning northern California and southern Oregon. But the bee’s numbers declined sharply after 1998 and it hasn’t been seen at all ...

Bumblebees are disappearing around the world. But so far, scientists can only speculate about what’s causing their demise, probing the effects of habitat loss, pesticides and disease. Now, new ...