After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to ...

Submerged bees breathe and use strategies that don’t require oxygen, lab tests show. In nature, that trick could help the ...

They may use a "physical gill" for the job.

A newly mated bumblebee queen typically spends the winter alone underground. After mating in late summer or fall, she burrows ...

Queen bumble bees can survive fully submerged for a week, revealing how these pollinators endure spring floods and still start new colonies.

Learn how bumble bee queens can stay alive underwater for over a week by minimizing their metabolism and saving energy.

Bumblebee queens can breathe underwater for up to a week, new research has found. The remarkable discovery came about by chance, as ecologist Sabrina Rondeau noticed a frosty refrigerator dripped ...

Honey bees are more faithful to their flower patches than bumble bees when it comes to returning to collect more pollen and nectar, according to a study by U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural ...