Submerged bees breathe and use strategies that don’t require oxygen, lab tests show. In nature, that trick could help the ...

After scientists accidentally discovered that the common eastern bumblebee can withstand flood conditions, they wanted to investigate what makes that super-ability possible ...

Bumblebee queens can breathe underwater for up to a week, new research has found. The remarkable discovery came about by chance, as ecologist Sabrina Rondeau noticed a frosty refrigerator dripped ...

Learn how bumble bee queens can stay alive underwater for over a week by minimizing their metabolism and saving energy.

A new study offers clues as to how the insects survive flooding as they emerge from a hibernation-like phase every winter.