One of my favorite pollinators is the bumble bee. Bumble bees are the pollinator world’s cute, cuddly, awkward fellows. Due to their unique physiology that allows bumble bees to fly in conditions when ...

Bumblebees have an incredible homing instinct that allows them to find their way home from up to eight miles away, according to the early results of research that aims to aid efforts to save the ...

BOSTON, Aug. 4 (UPI) --A new study suggests the flight patterns and maneuverability of bumblebees are altered by the weight of their loads and kind of food they carry. Bees are very capable aviators.

CARBONDALE, IL—Insects such as honeybees and bumble bees are predictable in the way they move among flowers, typically moving directly from one flower to an adjacent cluster of flowers in the same row ...

Bees play a vital role in the pollination of native wildflowers, and UWM researchers are studying how invasive species interfere with seed production in these native plants. Rebecca Flanagan has ...

It is easy to forget that far from being inanimate objects with which animals interact, plants are living, breathing, moving organisms that not only react to their environment, but are themselves ...

OXFORD, England (Reuters Life!) - Scientists armed with modern software and high-tech cameras say they have created a computer model that shows how bumblebees manage to defy the laws of aerodynamics.

Bumble bee expert Dr. Jeffrey Lozier of the University of Alabama. (UA photo) When reporting on Dr. Jeffrey Lozier, the University of Alabama's bumble bee expert, it's best to get the No. 1 myth out ...