Over the past several decades the lives of the domesticated and native pollinators have increasingly overlapped ...

Learn important facts about native bees. Plant your garden with native bees in mind and help these powerful pollinators ...

Europe 's wild bees and butterflies are facing an escalating extinction crisis, a new conservation assessment has warned, ...

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 ...

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Researchers have figured out which plant species bumble bees prefer to include in their diets, providing advice to those wishing to help with bee conservation efforts. During the summer months of 2015 ...

Fifteen species of bumblebees, which pollinate legume plants like peas and peanuts, are now classified as threatened. The ...

The American bumble bee, a widespread species that appears to be in decline, is being reviewed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for possible federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.

The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee has achieved fame as the Minnesota state bee. It’s just one of about two dozen bumble bee species in Minnesota and scientists suspect others are at risk and ...

Nearly 100 more wild bee species are now considered threatened, bringing the total to 172 out of 1,928 assessed, research ...