A new study finds that wild bumblebees visit different flowers to balance their intake of protein, fat and carbohydrates.

Droege studies native bees, the types of pollinators that only live in the wild, as opposed to honeybees, which are farmed and bred for profit.

There are 16 different types of bees commonly found across Michigan, not including hornets, yellowjackets or wasps.

There is a lot of recent research that shows there are declines in pollinating insect populations. This includes different types of bees as well as flies and butterflies, all of which are pollinators.

Social bees are among the most important pollinators due to their foraging activity. Different types of bees use different communication methods to exploit food sources.

The recent findings came about when a team was investigating how caged bees fared on different types of water (deionized, deionized with a pinch of salt, and tap). They found that providing the ...

Social bees are among the most important pollinators due to their foraging activity. Different types of bees use different communication methods to exploit food sources.

Just how many, and what types, of bees does a meadow need to pollinate all its various flowers? (wedgemondo / flickr) Imagine yourself on a picturesque picnic, in a meadow on a bright sunny day.

He said about 15 different types of bees are zipping around near and on his property. But most of them are not pollinating down in the vineyard but up in his yard instead.

Honey bees may play a role in increasing virus levels in wild bumble bees each spring, according to researchers who analyzed seasonal trends of parasite and virus transmission in bees.

Using those specimens, KU will be able to employ artificial intelligence to capture, catalog and further organize images of thousands of different types of bees.