Afterward, the bees were dried off, returned to soil, and monitored for eight weeks. The survival rates were stunning: 81 percent of queens that had been underwater for a week were still alive two ...

Hibernating common eastern bumblebee queens survived for a week while submerged underwater in a lab. Rhododendrites via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0. Bumblebees may be more resilient than ...

It turns out these bee queens are royally up to the task. In a serendipitous discovery, researchers have found that hibernating bumblebee queens can survive being submerged in water for up to a week.

An “alarming” discovery from University of Guelph researchers raises concerns for bumblebee health, survival and reproduction. U of G environmental sciences researchers Drs. Nigel Raine and Sabrina ...

These bees form colonies with thousands of individual bees and have a unique winter survival method when temperatures drop below 50 degrees. European honeybees do not hibernate. Rather, they brave ...

While some bees hibernate through the winter, others try to manage business as usual. Typically, about 50 percent of this population die during the winter, ...

Because many bees hibernate underground or in plant stems, those insects likely would be unfazed by Hamden's early removal of leaf litter, according to Lawson.

Gardeners can prepare for spring 2025 by building a bee-friendly garden. The vital pollinators are in need of conservation as their populations decline. If you have a green thumb, it may be the ...

Research reveals queen bees prefer pesticide-contaminated soil for hibernation, raising concerns about the long-term effects of pesticides on bee populations. ... For reasons that researchers don't ...