For humans, humidity often makes us cranky, sweaty, and downright uncomfortable. For sweat bees, humidity changes their ...

North American sweat bees change color depending on the surrounding humidity. It might be a more widespread phenomenon among ...

New research paints a worrying picture for the different species of bees that provide multi-million-euro pollination services in Ireland each year. Researchers from the Department of Biological ...

Some bees really do change colour with the weather, according to new research that shows humidity can temporarily alter the ...

Honey bees are dying at alarming rates across the United States. Beekeepers in the United States lost more than 55 percent of managed colonies last year. A new study supports a novel method for ...

In a research orchard in Syracuse, pollinator ecologist Molly Jacobson swept her net through the air just 10 feet from where she had spent the entire summer. Within minutes, she caught two small brown ...

A multi-institutional team of researchers led by Virginia Tech's Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC has for the first time identified specific patterns of brain chemical activity that predict ...

Spring has always been the season of pollinators, but in Washington state, it's also becoming the season of discovery. A growing army of volunteers is fanning out across the state to document bee ...

Upcoming research funded by the UK’s Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) will investigate the secrets of longevity in honeybee queens. Queens eat royal jelly, which has antioxidants and less ...

For Lauren Anderson, what began as a love for teaching and science has blossomed into a movement of sustainability and connection. The Arkansas native founded Calm+Confidence, a co-op that turns ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Now is the time to get outdoors and ...