Worker bees help decide which bumblebee larvae become queens by feeding them juvenile hormone during growth period.

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. True prevalences with 95% confidence intervals were computed with the function epi.prev in the R library epiR, version 0.9-45.

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 ...

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 ...

The American bumblebee (Bombus pensylvanicus) population has plummeted by 89% over the past 20 years, and an "endangered species" listing could be imminent, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife ...

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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 ...