What Are Bee Flies? “What is this strange insect on my plumbago? Is it a pollinator?” asks Birds & Blooms reader Caitlin Buelow of Vail, Arizona. Birds & Blooms experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman say, ...

A bee-like robot currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is part of a new generation of bots inspired by creepy crawlies.

Can change wing shape or combine different beads to make bugs, butterflies or other insects Main wire: can use wire with ...

Doug Harbin’s written lots of compelling music and he’s experimented with unusual sounds, including sounds from space. So ...

A bee-like robot currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is part of a new generation of bots inspired by creepy crawlies. The machine, which weighs less than a ...

The buzz of a bumble bee feeding at a willow catkin is a sure sign that spring has arrived to Interior Alaska. As more and more flowers unfurl to offer their nectar and pollen rewards, a dizzying ...

Interested in learning how bees make honey? The honey-making process, consisting of multiple steps, might shock you.

One reason for the mix-up is that the two plants bloom at the same time in late summer/early fall. Another is that goldenrod, just like ragweed, has a tendency to pop up in places it wasn’t planted, ...

If you’re a bee, your life (and the lives of 50,000 sisters in the hive) depends on navigation. Particularly, on your ability ...

If evolutionary biologists are the detectives of the natural world’s past mysteries, then the phylogenic tree is their version of a cork board of crime-scene suspects linked together with red string ...

There are more than 20,000 species of bees in the world. Here's an A-Z sampling of this diverse and vital species.