A species of bumblebee with a brain smaller than a sesame seed has solved a physical problem that researchers never ...

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 ...

A foreign subspecies of bumblebee, imported as part of a billion-dollar global trade in pollinators, was found by researchers at Queen Mary’s School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences to pose a ...

Bumblebees exposed to pesticides suffered adverse effects to their foraging behavior, according to a new study co-authored by Nigel Raine and Richard Gill in the journal Functional Ecology. Bumblebees ...

Researchers have found that pheromones play a key role in reproduction and social status in the buff-tailed bumblebee colony. Specifically, sterile female workers seem to advertise their infertility ...

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