Figure 1: DWV and N. ceranae infectivity in bumblebees. True prevalences with 95% confidence intervals were computed with the function epi.prev in the R library epiR, version 0.9-45. Overall ...

There are over 250 species of bumblebees. They fall in the genus Bombus and are part of Apidae, one of the bee families. The size of a bumblebee varies depending on the species and can vary even ...

While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers discovered a new species. They named it Bombus incognitus. While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the ...

Bombus occidentalis used to be the most common bumble bee species in the Pacific Northwest, but in the mid 1990s it became one of the rarest. Now, according to a new article it may be making a ...

Hot temperatures linked to climate change, especially extremes like heat waves, are contributing to the decline of these fuzzy and portly creatures, according to a study published Thursday in the ...

Traveling the Dalton Highway in search of Bombus polaris, the Arctic bumblebee. Traveling the Dalton Highway in search of Bombus polaris, the Arctic bumblebee. DNA analysis would later show that the ...

In mid-July, Villu Soon, a biology researcher at the University of Tartu Natural History Museum, spotted the Bombus sporadicus Nylander near Lahemaa National Park. Despite being previously designated ...

I have been interested in bumblebees for about nine or 10 years now, and I’ve been trying to see and record all of the species I can, especially here in Pennsylvania. Bumblebees are well-known for ...

While studying genetic diversity in bumblebees in the Rocky Mountains, USA, researchers from Uppsala University discovered a new species. They named it Bombus incognitus and present their findings in ...