Submerged bees breathe and use strategies that don’t require oxygen, lab tests show. In nature, that trick could help the ...

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...

The common eastern bumblebee, Bombus impatiens. (a6475/iNaturalist, CC BY-SA 4.0) The discovery that bumblebee queens could shake it off and emerge unscathed after more than a week submerged in water ...

Learn how bumble bee queens can stay alive underwater for over a week by minimizing their metabolism and saving energy.

BUMBLEBEE queens have been hiding a remarkable superpower all this time. It turns out the buzzing insects can breathe ...

A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows ...

Scientists have been warning for years that bumblebee populations are declining, posing a risk to the vital role that pollinators have in helping maintain food and plants across the world. New ...

Bohart Museum seeks photo of the 1st bumblebee of 2022 Annual event pays tribute to the late Professor Robbin Thorp Professor Art Shapiro calls off Beer for a Butterfly for 2nd year Updated 2 p.m. Jan ...

A new study offers clues as to how the insects survive flooding as they emerge from a hibernation-like phase every winter.