Graham Workman looks at bumblebees and honeybees in this week’s Nature Notes column.

Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bumble bee clings to an alfalfa leaf. (Photo by Krista Lundgren/USFWS) TOPEKA — Kansas needs help documenting bumble bees to ...

Close‑up recordings of honeybee swarms deliver an exquisitely detailed portrait of one of nature’s most efficient pollinators. From the listener’s perspective you hear a tight cluster of rapid wing ...

Whether you’re strolling through a garden, wandering a park, or simply enjoying an open space in the United States, you’re likely to notice bees buzzing about the flowers. While honeybees, imported ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A rare bee species called the diadasia nitidifrons collected by a Washington Bee Atlas volunteer in Yakima County. This bee was ...

You are hiking through a quiet forest when you suddenly hear a strange buzzing sound. At first, it seems harmless. But within ...