Bumblebees Detect a Flower’s Electric Buzz With Their Fuzz
Using the tiny hairs that cover their bodies, bees can tap into the weak electric field in the atmosphere
This Guy Got Himself Stung 1,000 Times For Science—Here’s What He Learned
A new book reveals what it’s like to be stung by nearly 100 species of insect, and some of the secrets of things that sting
Why Do Humans Have Canine Teeth and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
From Farm to Bottle: Sip Brews Among the Hop Bines at This Vancouver-Area Beer Farm
Persephone Brewing Company brings beer and farming to the Sunshine Coast
Our Ancient Ancestors Probably Loved Honey Too
Residue scraped from pottery shows humans used bee products as long as 8,500 years ago
Bee Tongues Are Getting Shorter as Temperatures Warm
In Colorado, alpine bumblebee tongues are shrinking in response to shifting wildflower populations
Ozone Is Making Flowers Smell Different to Bees
New research shows that ozone-exposed flowers aren’t as delicious to pollinating insects
How Climate Change is Messing with Bees
New and ongoing research points to issues with bee ranges and the early emergence of flowers
Bumblebees Are Getting Squeezed by Climate Change
Across North America and Europe, the insects are just not keeping up with shifting temperatures
Norway Is Building a Highway for Bees
The “superhighway” sends Oslo bee traffic from east to west
Watch a Baby Bee Go From Wriggly Larvae to Adult in Just Over a Minute
From larvae to adult thanks to the magic of timelapse photography
Discussion
Letters from our readers
Can Returning Farmland to the Wild Help Bumblebees in Crisis?
Even if only a small percentage of current farmland became wild meadows, it could bring populations back to previous levels
Like People, Bees Can Be Fooled by False Memories
Bumblebees gravitate toward unfamiliar flowers that merge two patterns they know—a classic error of long term memory
City Bees Are Actually More Diverse Than Country Bees
Other pollinators don’t like urban areas as much as rural, but bees live in similar numbers across different landscapes
Commercial Hives Might Be Saving Crops, But They’re Killing Wild Bees
Diseases known to affect commercial bees are having a troubling impact on the wild population
Sometimes Bumblebees Just Want to Do Their Own Thing
Bumblebees are strong communicators, but they don’t always listen
Mission Not Impossible: Photographing 45,000 Bumblebees in 40 Days
The Natural History Museum’s entomology department is making its bumblebee collection go viral
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