Bumble bees may overpower invasive Argentine ants in one-on-one fights, but those victories come at a hidden cost.

To stay in the air when hovering over a flower, bumble bees continually flap their wings rapidly, a metabolic process that generates a massive amount of internal heat. Their flight muscles work so ...

In January, Lesley Hamamoto won the prize by being the first to photograph and submit the first bumblebee of the year in the contest. She photographed a black-tailed bumble bee, Bombus melanopygus, ...

The race to spot the year’s first bumble bee will begin just after midnight on New Year’s Day, as the Bohart Museum of Entomology sponsors the sixth annual Robbin Thorp Memorial First-Bumble ...

Butterflies and bumble bees are all the rage these days at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology. It’s all in black and white — literally. The museum is hosting or assisting with two separate ...

The rusty patched bumble bee had only been seen in seven states over the last 10 years. That was until a Johnson County Conservation staff member noticed groups of bees exiting and entering a small ...