Buzz pollination looks random, yet a scoop at the anther pore fires pollen in a narrow jet, and the wrong pitch scatters it ...

Every year on May 20, the world celebrates World Bee Day, a global call to recognize the vital role bees and other pollinators play in keeping our ecosystems alive and our plates full. This year’s ...

The soft ground of the dead in upstate New York is buzzing with swarms of the living—the largest group of ground-nesting bees ever recorded worldwide. “It’s a massive aggregation of bee nests,” says ...

I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs. The ...

Every year on May 20th, we celebrate World Bee Day — a holiday dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of bees and other pollinators. Bees play a crucial role in the health of our planet, ...

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 ...