An endangered bumble bee may delay the $114 million Highway 5 Improvements Project. In January 2017 the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) put the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (Bombus Affinis) on the ...

The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee has achieved fame as the Minnesota state bee. It’s just one of about two dozen bumble bee species in Minnesota and scientists suspect others are at risk and ...

I never realized how fuzzy a bumble bee is until I got to hold one between my fingertips. It feels like a furry black and yellow bear, buzzing with its tiny body, wriggling with its legs. The ...

LOGAN, Utah, June 20, 2023 — A detailed, high-resolution map of the rusty patched bumble bee’s genome has been released by U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and ...

Iowa bumble bees face an uncertain future, according to the Iowa Department of Natural Resources. The DNR is partnering with Iowa State University and The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation ...