Honey bees are more faithful to their flower patches than bumble bees when it comes to returning to collect more pollen and nectar, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural ...

A new study has identified the bee's knees of bumble bee dietary options in Ohio and the Upper Midwest. By viewing almost 23,000 bumble bee-flower interactions over two years, researchers found that ...

Bumble bee enthusiast Lesley Hamamoto of Sacramento, and a UC Davis alumna who remembers well the entomology class she took from UC Davis distinguished Emeritus Professor Robbin Thorp in 1998, is the ...

Butterflies and bumble bees are all the rage these days at the UC Davis Bohart Museum of Entomology. It’s all in black and white — literally. The museum is hosting or assisting with two separate ...

This fascinating fact has come to light, so to speak, as a video of bees not being able to fly without light has gone viral on TikTok and Reddit. The video captures dozens of bees plummeting to the ...

Honey is the sweet, sticky, delicious condiment that’s loved across the world. In 2021, the global honey industry was valued at approximately $8 billion, per Statista. Bees work overtime to produce ...

(KXAN) – A study by Agricultural Research Service, which is the in-house research agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, showed honey bees revisit the same flower patch more often than bumble ...