Just like the first swallow, the buzzing of bumblebees is a sound that summer's on its way.

Bees play a key role in pollination, which is essential for our planet's survival. They fly from flower to flower to gather nectar and pollen. This action aids plant reproduction, which leads to food ...

Analysis: Bombus terrestris, also known as the buff-tailed bumblebee, is a model-organism for pollinator research and evaluating how they respond on both molecular and ecological levels could be a ...

Bee and hornet hit ground with such force the attacker is sent scarpering, University of Exeter scientists find Bumblebees are not fast or agile enough flyers to evade an attack from an Asian hornet ...

Biologists have discovered that one of nature’s most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee – either ascends to the status of queen or remains a lowly worker bee based on which genes are ...

Recent years have seen an unusual rise in the number of bees about in the cold winter months, and scientists are now beginning to find out why. While most bees are hibernating, the buff-tailed ...

European bumblebees were introduced into Chile as pollinators. However, these socially living insects have since spread across the southern part of South America -- very much to the detriment of ...

A group of British schoolchildren may be the youngest scientists ever to have their work published in a peer-reviewed journal. In a new paper in Biology Letters, 25 8- to 10-year-old children from ...

Biologists from the University of Leicester have discovered that one of nature's most important pollinators - the buff-tailed bumblebee - either ascends to the status of queen or remains a lowly ...

Bumblebees look cute. They have a thick fur, fly somewhat clumsily and are less aggressive than honeybees or wasps. They are very much appreciated by farmers as keen pollen collectors. Particularly in ...