High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors captured up-to-400-hertz tremors that falter under environmental stress, ...
Every year on May 20th, we celebrate World Bee Day — a holiday dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of bees and other pollinators. Bees play a crucial role in the health of our planet, ...
There’s nothing quite like the gentle buzz of a bumblebee to let you know summer’s approaching. But the distinct hum could soon become a rarity – as climate change is reducing the frequency and pitch ...
Rusty patched bumble bees lost 87% of their population over the last couple of decades nationwide — their local populations here in Evanston declined as well. Scientists and residents in the greater ...
An estimated 40,000 bees have created quite a buzz at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The bees – rescued from one home in Naperville and another in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood – are now nestled in the ...
Researchers attached QR codes to the backs of thousands of bees to track when and for how long they left their hives. UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New ...
West Vancouver (B.C.) Memorial Library’s bee lending program sends patrons home with a bee bungalow, including 12 nesting tubes and 15 dormant cocoons. Through the program, participants care for their ...