Bumble bees with no prior training on the complete task spontaneously rolled a ball beneath an out-of-reach sugar reward and stood on it to feed, solving an object-manipulation problem that echoes the ...

A species of bumblebee with a brain smaller than a sesame seed has solved a physical problem that researchers never ...

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists found that bumblebees can tell the difference between short and long light flashes, much like recognizing Morse code. The insects learned which signal led to a ...

The news that native bees are cut from a different cloth has important implications for conservation practices and may also inform the way imported commercial populations are managed. The new research ...

I spotted this early honeybee on willow in Conamara on the very first week in March. Paul Dunne It seems a bit furry for a honeybee. It is more likely to be a queen buff-tailed bumble bee – Bombus ...

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