On Monday, May 20, we celebrate bees. But bees are still threatened by human activity and land development, and since nearly 90% of the world's flowering plant species depend at least partly on animal ...

Bumble bees—vital and fuzzy pollinators—face unique threats amidst global insect declines. If the insect world has a fuzzy, charismatic cutie, it’s surely the humble bumble bee. While insect ...

This 2012 photo provided by The Xerces Society shows a rusty patched bumblebee in Minnesota. The state Legislature anointed the endangered species as the new state bee.

DEAR JOAN: I have an echium fastuosum (Pride of Madeira) on a corner of my property in full sun. It’s blooming now, and it attracts lots of all kinds of bees — mainly honeybees, but also the striped ...

Bee wise. Bee smart. Beehave, my heart. Apologies for the bee in my bonnet, but I’ve just seen Bee Movie, and I’m bee-sotted. High time, too. Just when you were ready to give up movies for Lent five ...

You know how the bees have been disappearing because of pesticides, climate change, and maybe actually being aliens? It turns out that the pollinator population is actually flourishing, at least in ...

Derek Mitchell does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...