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Carpenter bees have emerged in Alabama, sending property owners into defense mode. These extra-large pollinators may seem intimidating. Unfortunately, they are intimidating because their primary ...

(Beyond Pesticide, October 20,2022) Exposure to environmentally relevant levels of glyphosate-based herbicides (GBHs) weakens bumblebees’ (Bombus Terrestris) ability to distinguish between colors or ...

Researchers have figured out which plant species bumble bees prefer to include in their diets, providing advice to those wishing to help with bee conservation efforts. During the summer months of 2015 ...

When pollen is scarce, bumble bees will nibble on the leaves of plants that lack flowers thereby damaging them, which compels the plants to bloom two to four weeks earlier A buff-tailed bumble bee ...

Community science volunteers -- laypeople with an interest in bees and conservation -- significantly contribute to the scientific knowledge of native bumble bees across Canada and the United States.