Bumble bees live in colonies with a few hundred insects that include a queen, female workers, and male bees (called drones). The queen bee is the only one that can lay eggs and it’s up to the ...

Well, I keep learning through the Master Gardener Volunteer program how important bees are to our crops and gardens. So, I am ...

Bumble bees are 1/4 to 1 inch long. The bumble bee queens are typically twice as large as workers or males. A female bumble bee has a pointed abdomen with a stinger. Males do not have a stinger ...

Depending on the size of the bee, it can take anywhere from 5-20 minutes for them to go from angrily buzzing to docility. Once calm, Moline and Peterson popped the bees out of their containers to ...