Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday signed a law designating the black and gold bumblebee as the Illinois State Bee.

Students from Lincoln Junior High School in Naperville, Illinois, successfully advocated for the designation of the black and gold bumblebee as the state's official bee through a yearlong effort, ...

The Iowa Bumble Bee Atlas is looking for volunteers to net bumblebees and collect data that could help conserve the native ...

Volunteers across Iowa conducted nearly 500 bumble bee atlas surveys in 2025, which was more than three times the number of surveys conducted the year prior.

Bees respond to tasty treats or plain water based on context, a study that may provide support for establishing insect sentience shows ...

The bee was once found in roughly half of the U.S. Now, rare sightings have been limited to about a dozen states.

Bumble bees astonished researchers by inventing a new way to reach a hidden reward, despite never being taught the trick. The ...

A pesticide approved for being safer than its predecessors may be quietly sabotaging the very insects farmers depend on, and ...

Scientists at Macquarie University in Australia and Southern Medical University in China have discovered that bumblebees show ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the hive. Bumble bees are already under pressure from habitat loss, disease, ...

The black and gold bumblebee became the official Illinois state bee Wednesday. Governor JB Pritzker signed HB 4438 into law, ...