LAUREL, Maryland — Sam Droege, sporting worn hiking boots and blue jeans, walked through a lush field of tall grass and poison ivy — a typical commute to the government lab he has run for more than 23 ...

A rare San Francisco leaf-cutter bee has been spotted in Marin County, California — the first sighting of the insect since 1980, the Sacramento Bee reported. A conservation group called Tamalpais Bee ...

The Ground Nesting Bees project has surpassed 5,000 observations, a laudable milestone for the citizen science project. 385 species of bees have been observed and 2,164 people have submitted their ...

MORSE BLUFF, Neb. (KOLN) - When Dr. Brad Plantz, a beekeeper and owner of Country Road Bees in Morse Bluff, checked on his bees after winter, he found more dead than alive. He said 72% of his colonies ...

But for some bee enthusiasts, just looking at the bees isn’t close enough. So sometimes, people wear bees as a beard. On Wednesday, the University of Minnesota Bee Lab “wore” around 10,000 bees as a ...

Over the years, the Beltsville bee laboratory has been a critical partner for other federal agencies, universities and nonprofits. During the recent colony die-offs, for instance, Project Apis m.

Insect populations are declining. There are seven species of bumble bee in Rhode Island, but there used to be twelve. Researchers are tracking local bee populations to educate the community and create ...

Are bees leaving Rhode Island? Local scientists conduct a census examining climate change. Bees are responsible for a third of the food we eat. But climate change is taking a toll on these powerful ...

Costa Rica is taking bold steps to protect its vital bee populations with the launch of the Bee Lab, a beekeeping laboratory in Naranjo aimed at safeguarding over one million bees and enhancing ...