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 ...

Volunteers across Iowa with an interest in pollinator conservation are needed for a new program that will help researchers track and monitor the state’s at-risk bumble bees. Stephanie Shepherd, a ...

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BOZEMAN, Mont. - The first time a bumble bee was recorded in Montana was in the journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition in 1805. More than 200 years later, Montana State University faculty and a ...

Introduction -- Observing bumble bees -- Attracting bumble bees -- Bumble bee forage guide by ecoregion -- Maps and seasonal activity -- Bumble bee decline and conservation -- Threats to bumble bees - ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Once found in much of the United States, wildlife officials are now seeking to add federal protections for a species of bumble bee that researchers believe is “declining at ...

In the first long-term, community-level field study of wild bumble bee nutrition, a team of ecologists led by Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden discovered that wild bees aren't ...

MILWAUKEE - If you go for a walk from mid-April through May in an old Wisconsin forest, odds are you may have noticed diverse beds of flowers less than a foot high. These are spring ephemerals – short ...

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife is seeking data and public comments on a petition to list the Crotch’s bumble bee, Franklin’s bumble bee, Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee and western bumble ...

Some of California’s most crucial insects seem to have gone missing. A new study suggests that populations of once-abundant bumble bee species in California may have experienced serious decline, after ...