Gardeners know pollinators are essential, especially those industrious bees buzzing tirelessly in and out of squash blossoms ...

Nic an tSítigh, Ballyferriter, Co Kerry The adult males and the juveniles emerge first from hibernation – the females don’t appear until several weeks later. Our only native species, this Common or ...

After a long bleak winter, it is wonderful to see wildflowers in the spring, foretelling of warmer weather and the return of color to the forest. The earliest wildflowers bloom, […] ...

Bees are important to our world, yet they're becoming increasingly more endangered, but there's a way you can help save them.

With the first day of spring, March 20, now here, it is time to sweep the cobwebs from the tools in the garden shed and start planting!

The bumblebees avoid drowning by combining underwater gas exchange with anaerobic metabolism, according to a new study.

The Story of the Bumblebee – 🎙️ Spoken by Peter Dinklage We’ve reworked this timeless allegory with a vintage film aesthetic, carefully placed subtitles, and a moving original piano score composed in ...

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

As family, friends, faculty and community members came out to cheer them on, the students also connected with their peers ...

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

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

If you were a bee, how would you choose a flower to land on? You might go to the most beautiful one, as pollination biologists have long suggested that flowers with striking colors attract pollinators ...