As the vibrant colors of summer and autumn fade from our gardens, it’s easy to assume that all outdoor life has gone dormant. But on milder winter days, you might be surprised to see a fuzzy bumblebee ...

If you live in a climate where temperatures drop below freezing in the wintertime, you've probably wondered where all the insects go during the winter months. The answer depends on the critter. Some, ...

The recent cold weather has been hard on some fruit crops, but it's been even harder on bees, which are very important to ...

Bees and wasps provide many ecological services, including pollinating and feeding on garden pests such as caterpillars. But now that chilly days have arrived in most of the Southeast, you may wonder ...

OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. – At the Tahoe Environmental Research Center’s (TERC) “Ski with a Scientist” event, Dr. Rachel Vannette spoke to the Tribune on her lab’s exciting research on how bees survive ...

Hibernation is a risky endeavor for many animals, as they can be taken away by the elements or predators. For several months of the year, queen bumblebees enter a dormant state underground called ...

A common question is what do the bees do in this cold, icy weather? For the last several thousand years, bees have evolved to go inside their hive when temperatures drop below the mid-50s, forming a ...

Q: There are three buildings on 3700 North that store bees through the winter. How? A: “We use our buildings to over-winter bees that come from all over the U.S.,” said Tenney Lamoreaux, manager of ...