(CNN) --Researchers have figured out which plant species bumble bees prefer to include in their diets, providing advice to those wishing to help with bee conservation efforts. During the summer months ...

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

In the Plumas National Forest of Northern California, a Vosnesensky bumble bee (bombus vosnesenskii) and a Nevada bumble bee (bombus nevadensis) feed on Rydberg's penstamon (penstamon rydbergii) ...

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

Potentially deadly viruses in the pollinators are closely linked to the flowers they visit and the availability of flowering ...

Annapolis, MD; January 28, 2020--Many species of North American bumble bees have seen significant declines in recent decades. Bumble bees are essential pollinators for both native and agricultural ...

Jan. 28 (UPI) --To figure out what kinds of plants bumble bees like best, scientists surveyed bee-plant interactions in 400 sample plots in Plumas National Forest, located in California's Sierra ...

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

Honey bees are more faithful to their flower patches than bumble bees when it comes to returning to collect more pollen and nectar, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural ...

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