When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Bumble bees are already under pressure from habitat loss, disease, ...

Scientists have developed a new "vaccine" that can help bumblebees survive lethal doses of one class of pesticides. Neonicotinoids, which have been outlawed in the European Union but are still legal ...

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 ...

Scientists have revealed a "major" new factor in the decline of bumblebee populations across the world. Bumblebee populations have declined by 90 percent in the past 20 years, according to Environment ...