I was out in the countryside trying to find interesting flowers to photograph when I came across this beautiful bumble bee collecting pollen from a thistle, Scotland's emblem.

Bumble Bees, Honeybees, and Killer Bees are all so 2024. We're approaching a new year, and it's time for a new bee!

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By collecting pollen from flowers ... Bumble bees are much more defensive than carpenter bees. A female bumble bee can sting ...

The level of vibration is said to have been designed to imitate that of bumble bees ... need the nectar and pollen they collect whilst pollinating to feed the honey bee population and to get ...

Supplements derived from bee pollen, which is comprised of flower pollen, nectar, enzymes, honey, wax, and bee secretions, are becoming increasingly sought-after due to their myriad health benefits.

The Fish and Wildlife Service said the Suckley’s cuckoo bumblebee has not been observed in the U.S. since 2016.

The work is published in the journal Science. "We found that larger bumble bee queens, typically more likely to survive winter and establish successful colonies, were paradoxically more vulnerable ...

The insects were honey bees (79%), bumble bees (19%), other bees (3%), and other insects (6%). Most of the nectar (69%) was not gathered. Although flowers may reabsorb uncollected nectar, this is ...