True prevalences with 95% confidence intervals were computed with the function epi.prev in the R library epiR, version 0.9-45. Overall prevalence for each of our parasites was calculated using ...

While most gardeners celebrate the honeybee and mason bee, there is a larger, fuzzier, and arguably more valiant figure ...

There are over 250 species of bumblebees. They fall in the genus Bombus and are part of Apidae, one of the bee families. The size of a bumblebee varies depending on the species and can vary even ...

While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers discovered a new species. They named it Bombus incognitus. While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the ...

To assess whether agricultural land-use affects Bombus gut microbiota, specimens were collected from six agricultural and six semi-natural sites in Burlington County, NJ, USA in May and June 2011 ...

Bumblebees exposed to pesticides suffered adverse effects to their foraging behavior, according to a new study co-authored by Nigel Raine and Richard Gill in the journal Functional Ecology. Bumblebees ...

Researchers at the University of New Hampshire said that the bumblebee population is on the decline in the Granite State.The numbers for three of the species in New Hampshire -- Bombus affinis, Bombus ...

Apt musical comparisons fall between Motörhead and Twisted Sister, but with a pop songmanship bridging Nirvana’s melodic grit and Lacuna Coil’s grandiosity. Named after the Latin word for “bumblebee”, ...

Some of Alaska's most valuable pollinators are bumblebees and, it turns out, we have a lot of them. As bumblebees have declined in parts of the Lower 48, they're apparently thriving in Alaska, even in ...

I have been interested in bumblebees for about nine or 10 years now, and I’ve been trying to see and record all of the species I can, especially here in Pennsylvania. Bumblebees are well-known for ...

Traveling the Dalton Highway in search of Bombus polaris, the Arctic bumblebee. Traveling the Dalton Highway in search of Bombus polaris, the Arctic bumblebee. DNA analysis would later show that the ...

Hot temperatures linked to climate change, especially extremes like heat waves, are contributing to the decline of these fuzzy and portly creatures, according to a study published Thursday in the ...