We are in a time when a lot of great work is being done to educate people about the importance of pollinators. Pollinators are insects and wildlife that are crucial to a sustainable environment. They ...
A team of researchers has uncovered alarming trends in the first range-wide genetic study of an endangered bee species. The study, led by Colorado State University and published in the Journal of ...
In ‘turf-loving’ Twin Cities suburbs, a push to help the state bee reshapes landscapes Growth in Woodbury has competed with habitat for the endangered rusty patched bumblebee. Some people are trying ...
Utah State University ecologists Valerie Martin and Robert Schaeffer test the hypothesis that yeast in nectar-inhabiting microbes influences nectar-robbing behavior by bumble bees. LOGAN, Utah, USA — ...
Rusty patched bumble bees lost 87% of their population over the last couple of decades nationwide — their local populations here in Evanston declined as well. Scientists and residents in the greater ...