Bumblebees are among the world’s most important pollinators, helping to grow many crops and wild plants. But new research ...

A next-generation pesticide designed to kill crop pests may also be interfering with the reproductive health of bumblebees.

Study finds that blue orchard bee reproduction dropped nearly 60% when exposed to pesticides and when food is scarce. (Clara Stuligross/UC Davis) The loss of flowering plants and the widespread use of ...

Flowering strips -- plants used to augment bee foraging habitats -- can help increase bee reproduction but may also increase pathogen infection rates. Flowering strips -- pollinator-friendly rows of ...

You may be spotting bodies of dead bumblebees lying across pavements near you in the summer months. There are several reasons ...

The newest USDA research adds to the growing body of evidence that shows pesticide exposure weakens honey bees’ immune system making them more susceptible to parasites and pathogens. Researchers took ...

This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. When you think of bees, a hive humming with activity probably comes to mind. But most of ...

An artificial “superfood” that provides essential nutrients for bees results in colonies producing much more larvae, suggesting it could help tackle the global decline in honeybees. Bees need to eat ...

Flowering strips—pollinator-friendly rows of plants that increase foraging habitat for bees—can help offset pollinator decline but may also bring risks of higher pathogen infection rates for ...