From a distance Bombylius major looks just like a bee, all fluffy and brown. But closer up, you’ll spot that this bee appears to have a ludicrously long tongue: one that’s as long as its own body. Its ...

Bee-flies look adorable. Seeing the dark-edged bee-fly hover in mid-air, some people describe it as a tiny, fluffy, flying narwhale. It has a hairy little body and face, and a very long, straw-like ...

The genetic map of the rusty-patched bee's genome may be the key to saving the species. "We have an opportunity to find a whole different approach to strengthening rusty patched bumble bee populations ...

Pam Denton also captured a fluffy bumble bee getting nectar from some lilac ... This week there have been some creepy and some cute pictures for the ‘insect’ theme. The winner of this week's ...

After watching for a moment, Tiana noticed that Bumble had gotten stuck in the sand. "She flies a little bit but then she falls," Tiana said in the video. She knew the only way the bee would make ...

This is the rather less cute and fluffy side of the bee fly, which seems so innocent on first glance, with that cheeky long tongue stuck out at you as you try to work out what on earth it is.