Queen bumble bees can survive fully submerged underwater for over one week, revealing how these pollinators endure spring ...

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

At February’s Texas Farm, Ranch and Wildlife Expo,we heard a lot of stories about horses and cattle. However, one animal in particular stuck out, and it's un-Bee-lievable.John Shrader told us a ...

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

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

Bees are important to our world, yet they're becoming increasingly more endangered, but there's a way you can help save them.

A bumblebee is observed flapping its wings in the fog of a vertical wind tunnel. Michael Dillon, a professor and the L. Floyd Clark Chair in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, and Jordan ...

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

Bumblebees can breathe underwater by surrounding themselves with an air pocket that acts like a diving bell, scientists ...

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 ...

Hibernation is a risky endeavor for many animals, as they can be taken away by the elements or predators. For several months of the year, queen bumblebees enter a dormant state underground called ...

A long-awaited critical habitat plan for Minnesota’s fuzzy, chubby and endangered rusty patched bumblebee may be delayed for a few months longer. The Trump administration has asked a federal judge for ...