The film "Bumblebee" explores the life cycle of bumblebees, focusing on a queen bee that emerges from hibernation and establishes a nest in an abandoned burrow. It details her role in laying eggs, ...

A Hunt’s bumblebee queen occupies a white flower in Laramie. Michael Dillon, a professor in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, recently received a three-year, $398,251 National Science ...

Biologists tested a variation of the reproductive ground plan hypothesis in solitary, ground-nesting bees of south central Washington State. Their findings could shed light on development of division ...

Flowering strips - pollinator-friendly rows of plants that increase foraging habitat for bees - can help offset pollinator decline but may also bring risks of higher pathogen infection rates for ...

1. Introduction -- 2. Bee phylogeny, bee diversity, and the distinction between solitary and social bees -- 3. The solitary bee life cycle -- 4. Alternative male mating tactics : the race to be first ...

Did you know that honeybees have a sense of smell that is much more powerful than that of a dog? Read our infographic to find out more such interesting titbits about bees.