Why do bees have queens? 2 biologists explain this insect’s social structure – and why some bees don’t have a queen at all
One honey bee colony – also called a hive – may have more than 50,000 bees, while bumble bee colonies usually have just a few ...
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Carpenter Bee vs. Bumble Bee: How to Spot the Difference
Carpenter bees are less social than bumble bees and typically nest alone rather than in a colony. Bumble bees live in colonies with a few hundred insects that include a queen, female workers ...
Beyond Pesticides11d
Action Today: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes Critical Habitat for Endangered Rusty Patched Bumble Bee
A public comment period ends today, January 27, 2025, on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s (FWS) proposed critical habitat ...
Endangered bee species may delay $114 million Highway 5 project
An endangered bumble bee may delay the $114 million Highway 5 Improvements Project. In January 2017 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) put the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus Affinis) on ...
Center for Biological Diversity12d
Native Bees
Habitat loss, pesticide contamination, disease spillover from domesticated bee colonies, and other threats combine to accelerate the species’ decline. The Center petitioned to protect the American ...
The Scientist6y
Bumblebees Fare Better in the City Than in the Countryside
Compared to agricultural colonies, urban bees hosted fewer parasites ... a more than 4,000-hectare park in Surrey in the U.K., and captured nearly 200 wild bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queens. From ...
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Native Bees
Habitat loss, pesticide contamination, disease spillover from domesticated bee colonies, and other threats combine to accelerate the species’ decline. The Center petitioned to protect the American ...