Quick Take Argentine ants are a non-native, invasive species in the United States. They compete with bumble bees for prized ...

Regardless, insect pollination remains essential for pollen movement and achieving economically viable yields of fruits with ...

Above: Bumble bees buzz pollinate crops like tomatoes when they collect pollen, which they store in a ball on their hind legs. It’s hard to deny the absolute benefits of the honey bee, but did you ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! Thank goodness for the recent rains we have received. Many areas in the Valley are still very dry. Many livestock farmers are feeding hay but pastures will ...

High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors captured up-to-400-hertz tremors that falter under environmental stress, ...

Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist ...

Rusty patched bumble bees lost 87% of their population over the last couple of decades nationwide — their local populations here in Evanston declined as well. Scientists and residents in the greater ...