The team conducted field experiments in which newly emerged queens of the common eastern bumblebee (Bombus impatiens ... needed to fully understand the mechanisms behind this unexpected queen ...

Researchers discovered that bumblebee queens prefer hibernating in pesticide-contaminated soil, a surprising behavior that could endanger their colonies. This preference, shown in controlled ...

More research is needed to fully understand the mechanisms behind this unexpected queen behavior ... Sabrina Rondeau et al, ...

A foreign subspecies of bumblebee, imported as part of a billion-dollar global trade in pollinators, was found by researchers at Queen Mary’s School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences to pose a ...

In 2021 the Center for Biological Diversity — working with the Bombus Pollinators Association of Law Students ... oily substance that other bees can smell. • The queen bumblebee can store sperm inside ...