Workers and drones specialize in collecting pollen and nectar, organizing tidy hives and combs, and nurturing expanding ...

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UVA’s new Fairfax campus hosts many species, including two honeybee hives that produce more than 100 pounds of honey a year.

Question: When I go out early in the morning to work in my garden, I notice bumble bees that appear to be sleeping in some of ...

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Even professional apiarists confuse carpenter bees and bumblebees. Nevertheless, there are clues that novice bee enthusiasts can rely on to help them properly distinguish these bees from each other.

A: According to an article by David Inouye of the University of Maryland for the U.S. Forest Service, in spring, “queens emerge from underground where they have spent the winter, and look for a nest ...

MANKATO — Bumble bees are in decline in Minnesota, but that doesn’t stop people from studying them. A study finds over half of U.S. bee colonies have vanished, and 64% of Minnesota’s hives have ...

The homeland of the federally endangered rusty patched bumble bee has shrunk by 90% in the past 20 years, yet the beneficial, fuzzy native bee can still be found in the backyards of Milwaukee. Once ...