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  • Study: Spring forest flowers likely a key to bumble bee survival

    Apr 28, 2021 9:00 am by Diana YatesResearch
    Photo of rusty patched bumble bee on a bee balm flower. Photo courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

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    • Photo of rusty patched bumble bee on a bee balm flower. Photo courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

    The scarcity of early season flowers in forests – a primary food source for bumble bees in spring – likely endangers the queen bees’ ability to start their nesting season and survive until other floral resources become available, researchers say.