Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. GrrlScientist writes about evolution, ecology, behavior and health. Bumble bees are clumsy fliers. They crash into things about ...

A spell of late-winter sunshine encouraged several bumblebees to explore the delights of the flowering heathers and crocuses in our borders. More disconcertingly, one of their number took such a ...

Imagine the tiny bumblebee learning a kind of Morse code, a system built from short and long flashes or beeps. That idea ...

While many scientists are focused on the decline of honey bees, relatively few study bumble bees. The good news is that a new study provides an estimate on bumble bee population and distributions ...

Deception is everywhere in nature. Animals and plants routinely cheat, lie and manipulate for their own benefit. One example ...

For the first time, a bee species in the continental United States has been declared endangered by the US Fish and Wildlife Service. The rusty patched bumblebee is in worrisome decline and it is a ...