In the first long-term, community-level field study of wild bumble bee nutrition, a team of ecologists led by Northwestern University and the Chicago Botanic Garden discovered that wild bees aren't ...

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 ...

Planting more flowers is widely seen as a simple way to help struggling bees. But a new study suggests that, without careful ...

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 ...

More flowers lead to more pathogen spread between bee species. In A Nutshell Scientists found that sites with more flower ...

A new study shows that viruses in wild bees are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of floral ...

Viruses spread from honey bees to wild bees through shared flowers, threatening pollination and plant communities.