Just a few decades ago, bee enthusiasts across much of North America could count on spotting one of the continent’s most common bumblebee species buzzing from flower to flower. Today the American ...

The BeeMachine app identifies a bee visiting a suburban flower garden in Lawrence as a two-spotted bumblebee. The app uses artificial intelligence to distinguish among species, some of which are very ...

Scientists want to know how well bees are coping with habitat loss. But first, they need to be able to tell nearly identical species apart. Just a few decades ago, bee enthusiasts across much of North ...

MANHATTAN, Kan. (WIBW) - K-State Entomologist Brian Spiesman founded the Bee Machine website in 2020. Since then, thousands of bee species have been identified, and the project has now culminated in ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – Pollinator enthusiasts and scientists have new online tools to identify native bees in the Pacific Northwest. The publicly available “keys” resemble the field guides familiar ...

It is important to learn about and conserve bees and other pollinators. Without pollinators, many flowering plants could not reproduce and at least one-third of our food plants, from tomatoes and ...

Volunteers across Iowa with an interest in pollinator conservation are needed for a new program that will help researchers track and monitor the state’s at-risk bumble bees. Stephanie Shepherd, a ...

Cataloging Idaho bees will benefit crops and the ecosystem, according to researchers who are recruiting and training volunteers to help. “We’re figuring out that these native bee species are almost ...

The endangered rusty-patched bumble bee has achieved fame as the Minnesota state bee. It’s just one of about two dozen bumble bee species in Minnesota and scientists suspect others are at risk and ...