There are five social species of bumble bees (Bombus spp.) native to Florida, and each is an important pollinator throughout the state. Although European honeybees make up about 85 percent of our ...

Rusty patched bumble bees lost 87% of their population over the last couple of decades nationwide — their local populations here in Evanston declined as well. Scientists and residents in the greater ...

Whether posing as a sexy queen bee, a killer bumblebee or a more humorous version of the winged insect, it's surprisingly simple to apply bumblebee makeup. Use a few basic strategies to create a ...

A rare bee made an appearance in the St. Louis region for the first time since the late 1800s. It’s called the lemon cuckoo bumblebee. The bee was spotted in Ned Siegel’s garden in Belleville this ...

Lynn Bush wasn’t always in love with bumblebees. Her background is in plants and forestry. But now she finds bumblebees adorable, like “tiny teddy bears” and wants to keep the fuzzy relationship going ...

Spring will be here soon. Really, it will. Once the days are warm enough, last fall’s new queen bumblebees will emerge and start looking for a good place to start their colonies. Last fall, as the ...