Tag: bumblebees

A warming climate is contributing to the decline of some alpine bumblebees and moving some subalpine populations to higher elevations. Historically in the Rocky Mountains, two species of bumblebees stayed...

Farmers and other landowners have a new tool in their tool belt to help their properties attract important pollinators. Bumblebees are responsible for a lot of pollination throughout the world....

Bumblebees are taking a bite out of the negative impacts of climate change by prompting plants to pollinate sooner. According to new research published in the journal Science, bumblebees that...

While planting flowers can increase foraging opportunities for common eastern bumble bees, researchers found some of those flowers are associated with higher pathogen infection rates in the bees. Pollinator species...

Ever since the New York Times reported on the arrival of the Asian giant hornet (Vespa mandarinia) in North America, alarms have been sounding about the so-called “murder hornet.” So...

The likelihood of bumblebee populations surviving in a given place has declined by more than 30%, according to new research, and researchers point to climate change as the prime reason....

A search for the cause of massive bumblebee (Bombus spp.) deaths has reached some surprising conclusions. The culprit may not be humans. It may be the trees. “Not every dead...

Just as doorknobs can spread the flu from one person to another, sharing flowers with honeybees may cause wild bumblebees to contract a pair of deadly viruses. “We know that...

The European Union plans to ban one of the most common pesticides in the world due to concerns about the pesticide posing a high risk to amphibians and fish as...

Bumblebees that live in cities and villages seem to be faring better than bumblebees using agricultural fields as habitat, according to new research. To determine how the bees were faring...