This time of year fills me with such joy and anticipation. Seeing old friends emerge from the ground is almost as rewarding ...

Bumblebees, their sole pollinators, must vibrate these structures to release pollen. Yet, observations show that bees consistently bite the same region of the flower, regardless of species.

In Washington’s crop fields, a revolution is unfolding inside a wooden beehive. Honey bees are doing something never seen ...

Because insects are generally small, humans tend to underestimate their intelligence. However, from their complex social structures to learning and memory, insects, especially ants and bees, are ...

As soon as the first ever flowers unfurled from their buds in the early Cretaceous period, they were visited by pollinators.

Flowers are blooming earlier as temperatures warm ... Rising temperatures may be contributing to a decline in bumblebees. Numbers of North American bumblebees have fallen nearly 50% since 1974.

Flowers are blooming earlier as temperatures ... Rising temperatures may be contributing to a decline in bumblebees. Numbers of North American bumblebees have fallen nearly 50% since 1974.