After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...

Queen bumble bees can survive fully submerged underwater for over one week, revealing how these pollinators endure spring ...

A new study offers clues as to how the insects survive flooding as they emerge from a hibernation-like phase every winter.

Submerged bees breathe and use strategies that don’t require oxygen, lab tests show. In nature, that trick could help the ...

A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows ...

Spring flooding was supposed to be a death sentence for them. Buried underground, dormant, with no way to surface, bumble bee queens caught in rising water seemed like straightforward casualties of a ...

Bees can breathe underwater for a week, scientists discover - ‘Extraordinary’ discovery could help prevent the loss of entire colonies of queen bees amid climate change ...

At February’s Texas Farm, Ranch and Wildlife Expo,we heard a lot of stories about horses and cattle. However, one animal in particular stuck out, and it's un-Bee-lievable.John Shrader told us a ...

BUMBLEBEE queens have been hiding a remarkable superpower all this time. It turns out the buzzing insects can breathe ...

Bumblebees can breathe underwater by surrounding themselves with an air pocket that acts like a diving bell, scientists ...

The common eastern bumblebee, Bombus impatiens. (a6475/iNaturalist, CC BY-SA 4.0) The discovery that bumblebee queens could shake it off and emerge unscathed after more than a week submerged in water ...

Bumblebees, with their large, plush bodies, are particularly popular among insects. Many people observe these creatures ...