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A female squash bee collects pollen on a squash flower in Loganton, Pennsylvania. Researchers found that variation in squash bees' heat tolerance was influenced by size, sex and infection status of ...

A new study finds carrying pollen is a workout that significantly increases the body temperature of bumble bees. This new understanding of active bumble bee body temperatures raises questions about ...

A study finds that bees display an awareness of their own body size and shape as they navigate obstacles during flight. Vertebrates account for their body size while navigating obstacles as they move, ...

How well bees tolerate temperature extremes could determine their ability to persist in a changing climate. But heat tolerance varies between and within populations, so entomologists examined bee ...

A female squash bee is captured in a tube in Pennsylvania Furnace. Researchers collected bees from 14 sites across the state to evaluate how bee size, sex and parasite pressure interact with a variety ...