Spring flooding was supposed to be a death sentence for them. Buried underground, dormant, with no way to surface, bumble bee ...
A study of bumble bees has uncovered a potential reason for the insects' decline. By studying bumble bee exposure to particulate air pollutants, scientists at the University of Leicester have ...
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 ...
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Hibernating bumblebee queens can actually breathe underwater like tiny scuba divers
A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows ...
UC Davis entomologist Robbin Thorp monitored populations of Franklin's bumble bee (Bombus franklini) until his death in 2019. The bee, found only in a limited area on the border of California and ...
Bumble bees respond to physical disturbance of their nest with a sequence of defensive behaviors that lasts up to 10 minutes, according to a study by Sajedeh Sarlak at the University of Konstanz, ...
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