All bumblebees always aren't as busy as, well, a bee. It all depends on what their job is. Researchers have known that a key to the insects' success in adapting to cooler climates is their ability to ...

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Cornell researchers recently observed a novel ‘outhouse’ structure in Arctic bumble bee nests that could mitigate the spread of fecal-borne disease within bee colonies. The outhouse is a small and ...

Senior author Dr Claire Carvell, an ecologist at the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology said, “We knew that bumblebee queens could fly long distances, but these results show that new queens frequently ...