The bumblebee.A round, large body with wings that look too small. It flies through the air with a buzzing sound.The ...

Honeybees have a problem with pollen, and it is not the one anyone expected. Researchers led by Oxford University took pollen ...

The Department of General Services manages and is responsible for maintaining the building, 1340 N St. in Sacramento.

Increasing summer temperatures, drought, disease, land use changes and insecticides have all been blamed for the precipitous ...

Landing on a moving target is a challenge for all flying animals. For bumblebees, a flower swaying in the wind creates an ...

Every insect carries an invisible cargo of microorganisms. Bacteria, fungi, and other microbes live on the cuticle, in the ...

By late fall, plenty of garden beds look as though they need a good clean-up. There are brown stems everywhere, dried flower heads have replaced the summer blooms, and grasses that looked beautiful a ...

Brown coneflower stalks and dried bee balm may look like garden debris once fall arrives, but to some insects, those hollow stems look more like real estate. Native solitary bees, beneficial wasps, ...

Mad honey, a traditional honey containing naturally occurring toxins, is increasingly available through online marketplaces, raising concerns about accidental poisoning, cardiovascular effects, and ...

"When I saw the bee, I knew I was looking at something unusual and I was delighted when I got confirmation it was the ivy bee. "It’s a beautiful looking creature with a fascinating life cycle," he ...

An explainer details four household predators that reduce indoor pests, noting their value as chemical-free control. The ...

An international study led by researchers from Charles University in Prague (CUNI) and the Biology Centre of the Czech ...