Learn how to identify a carpenter bee. Find out where and how long the bees live and what to do if they become a nuisance.

If an octogenarian entomologist could be a superhero, Robbin Thorp might be a good candidate. He moves slowly along the Pacific Crest Trail, eyes scanning below a floppy field hat. In his hand, a hero ...

The news that native bees are cut from a different cloth has important implications for conservation practices and may also ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – The rusty patched bumblebee has become the first bee species in the continental U.S. to be declared endangered after suffering a dramatic population decline over the past ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has decided to list a bumblebee found only in Northern California and Southern Oregon as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Franklin’s bumblebee hasn’t ...

Conservationists warn bees and butterflies are at risk of disappearing for good - More than 20 per cent of both bumblebee and ...

Solar farms can boost bee populations when managed with wildflowers, supporting biodiversity and clean energy.

DEAR JOAN: I have a nesting box in one of my trees that successfully produced a little family of chickadees last spring. The chickadees still live in and around my yard as I have several feeders that ...

The designation would have been extra layer of protection for the bee, on top of its already endangered status. “This decision weakens the bee’s protection under the Endangered Species Act and will ...

Researchers have figured out which plant species bumble bees prefer to include in their diets, providing advice to those wishing to help with bee conservation efforts. During the summer months of 2015 ...

When pollen is scarce, bumble bees will nibble on the leaves of plants that lack flowers thereby damaging them, which compels the plants to bloom two to four weeks earlier A buff-tailed bumble bee ...