During spring, when queen bumblebees first emerge from hibernation to start their nests, they work incredibly hard foraging ...

Queen bumblebees have sparser hair on their tongues than worker bees, which makes them less efficient at lapping up nectar, ...

The density of fine hairs on bumblebees’ tongues determines how much nectar they can collect — and workers put queen bees to shame.

Bees and wasps are vanishing each winter, or so we thought. Hidden in attics, deep underground, and inside expanding nests, a ...

But, not so for bumblebees, where the queen is larger but otherwise physically indistinguishable from her workers. In a study ...

Those small, misshapen apples you hate seeing at the supermarket? Turns out, you can blame bees — or the lack of the tiny, ...

As far as New Year’s resolutions are concerned, Joyce Wangeci plans to add 100 new plant species to her already thriving ...

Ladybugs, beetles, and flies gather in sheltered places: rock crevices, tree bark, attics, behind shutters, even inside walls ...

Lauren Vanier, University of Arizona Associate Master Gardener, is a co-chair of the Gardening Etcetera column. She finds joy ...