When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Bumble bees are already under pressure from habitat loss, disease, ...

Mark Brown is Cambridge’s new Director of the Museum of Zoology. He’s devoted decades to understanding pollinator decline, and what we can do to save these vital species.

Create an account or log in to save stories. The Bumble Bee Atlas project is looking for volunteers to help count bees across the state. Citizen scientists help build a database used by researchers to ...

Scientists have developed a new "vaccine" that can help bumblebees survive lethal doses of one class of pesticides. Neonicotinoids, which have been outlawed in the European Union but are still legal ...

While I was stalking Western meadowlarks with my camera, a smaller flash of flying black and yellow caught my interest. I don’t see bumblebees often, and this one was not stopping at flowers but it ...

Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (WOWT) - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is looking for volunteers to assist with bee-counting surveys in an effort to support the nationwide Bumble Bee Atlas project. Iowa ...