Citizen-scientists gathered in a wildflower meadow in the Washington Cascades in July to help the western bumblebee keep buzzing through the air. Nearly a mile high in the Wenatchee Mountains, the ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. In a time of unprecedented species extinction, when seemingly every day brings news of yet another animal or plant on the precipice of population collapse, ...

Mason Lee, senior project coordinator of the Biodiversity Institute, holds up a bumble bee in a tube during last year’s Bumble Bee Atlas training. This year’s training is scheduled Sunday, June 1, ...

HELP SOME OF IOWA’S SMALLEST BUT MOST IMPORTANT RESIDENTS TALK ABOUT THE BUMBLEBEE ATLAS. IS JENNY PUGA, A CONSERVATION BIOLOGIST WITH THE XERCES SOCIETY FOR INVERTEBRATE CONSERVATION. THANKS FOR ...

A study using 10 years of citizen science data from the Bumblebee Conservation Trust’s BeeWalk scheme has found that a variety of targeted conservation approaches are needed to protect UK bumblebee ...

Bumble bees (genus Bombus) are keystone pollinators in temperate, alpine and sub-arctic ecosystems, underpinning both wild plant reproduction and agricultural productivity. Their annual lifecycle—from ...

A new genetic study reveals secrets about the creature, which may help researchers make decisions to conserve the species Anne Readel A rusty patched bumblebee, the first bumblebee species to be ...

A Pacific Northwest novelist describes how she became enchanted by bumblebees and invested in their preservation.

In the run-up to World Bee Day (20 May), which aims to raise awareness of the importance of pollinators for food security, ...

For community scientists interested in helping map data about bumble bees, the University of Wyoming’s Biodiversity Institute is sponsoring a Mountain States Bumble Bee Atlas training for 1-4 p.m. on ...