A baby bumble bee can end up on one of two very different paths. It can grow into a small worker that never reproduces, or ...

In a new study, bumble bees solve a completely novel object-manipulation task. What makes this behavior especially remarkable ...

Bumble bees solve complex tool-use puzzles without training, rolling balls to reach suspended flowers and rewriting ...

Bees that build microbreweries, ride a miniature merry-go-round and possibly even wear diapers: In biologist Tobin Hammer's UCI lab, all sorts of unusual projects unfold. Equipped with butterfly nets ...

A century ago, a psychologist named Wolfgang Köhler proved that chimpanzees could solve complex ...

Bumble bees are the brainboxes of the insect world, suggests new research. The garden pollinators are able to solve puzzles ...

Bumble bees—vital and fuzzy pollinators—face unique threats amidst global insect declines. If the insect world has a fuzzy, charismatic cutie, it’s surely the humble bumble bee. While insect ...

Movie S4. Task solution in Experiment 3. This movie shows a bee solving the task in Experiment 3. The beginning of the video (habituation phase, without the ball present) is shown at accelerated speed ...

BERLINBERLIN — In a strip of greenery between Berlin’s Natural History Museum and a busy street, bumble bees move swiftly between flowers while a ladybug makes its way along a leaf full of aphids and ...

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 ...