Science news articles about 'bumblebee colonies'

... who sought to investigate the effects of a generation of these diploid males on the fitness of bumblebee colonies. She said, "The study of genetic diversity and inbreeding in bumblebees is currently ...

... to risk when food stores are already high. In future, such artificial pheromones could also be used to increase the effectiveness of bumblebee colonies pollinating commercial crops, such as tomatoes.

... Writing in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, the team reports a positive relationship between a bumblebee colony's learning performance and their immune response, as Dr Raine explains: "Bees ...