A rare bee species’s nest has been spotted in Iowa for the first time since its listing as federally endangered in 2017. The bombus affinis bee nest, more commonly known as the rusty patched bumblebee ...

Bumblebees are lovable, adorable and admirably occupied. They tumble along like toddlers drunk on the sweet smells of pretty flowers, breathing in one, then another and another. If Winnie-the-Pooh ...

Drought significantly reduces the reproductive success of bumblebee colonies, according to a new study conducted by a ...

Just like the first swallow, the buzzing of bumblebees is a sound that summer's on its way.

This summer, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is calling on volunteers to participate in a statewide bumblebee ...

Iowa DNR looking for volunteers to help with bumblebee survey ...

Iowa volunteers have identified 13 bumble bee species through a national survey, with officials encouraging more participants ...

Mason Lee, senior project coordinator of the Biodiversity Institute, holds up a bumble bee in a tube during last year’s Bumble Bee Atlas training. This year’s training is scheduled Sunday, June 1, ...

If you see a bumblebee buzzing around our region’s early-blooming flowers, it’s a queen. Roused by warming temperatures, she ...