Tag: Bees

Bumble bee
June 26, 2015

Researchers Survey Alaskan Native Bumble Bees

It had been almost 50 years since researchers last recorded data about native bumble bees in Alaska. But in a recent study, researchers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and...

Monarch butterfly
June 23, 2015

FWS Grants to Help At-Risk Species

Bees and butterflies are among the many species benefiting from an annual grants program funded by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. FWS recently awarded $5.7 million to large-scale conservation...

Bee
June 9, 2015

Bees Prefer Open Canopy Forests

While the decline in honey bees (genus Apis) in the United States is widely known, prompting the government to put forth strategies to protect the species, the status of other...