A rare bee species’s nest has been spotted in Iowa for the first time since its listing as federally endangered in 2017. The bombus affinis bee nest, more commonly known as the rusty patched bumblebee ...

Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to the vital role that pollinators have in helping maintain food and plants across the world. New ...

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...

When it comes to bees on farmland, the more the better, according to a bee expert. During a recent online seminar, Andony Melathopoulos, assistant professor and pollinator health extension specialist ...

The program would give long-term permits to energy companies and others if they took steps to protect bee habitat. The Fish and Wildlife Service floated a notion Thursday intended to simultaneously ...

A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to designate 1.6 million acres of critical habitat for the rusty patched bumble bee in six states, including Minnesota. The rusty patched bumble bee received ...

A ground nesting bee pollinates a flower in New Hampshire. The species is one of 14 declining wild bee species identified in a study published in April 2019 by researchers at the university. The new ...

A long-awaited critical habitat plan for Minnesota’s fuzzy, chubby and endangered rusty patched bumblebee may be delayed for a few months longer. The Trump administration has asked a federal judge for ...

An Iowa City resident discovered the first rusty patch bumble bee nest in the state since the species was listed as endangered in 2017. In August, Michelle Wiegand, an education specialist at Johnson ...

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