Nature is a powerful force, but not so mighty as to stop human progress. Take, for example, what is happening in Elgin. Old and mighty trees rise majestically from the ground in the city’s Ce… ...

CHICAGO — A highway in suburban Chicago has become the second Midwest road construction project delayed temporarily because of concerns about possible harm to a bumblebee recently listed as an ...

Purdue University engineers and entomologists are making some sweet discoveries about how honeybees build and structure their honeycombs, which could lead to new fabrication techniques taken from the ...

Honzay says bees are often cornerstone of many ecosystems, and road construction projects can pose a serious threat to bees. "Rusty patched bumble bees are ground-nesting bees," Honzay said.

It's no surprise to hear a lot of noise during construction, but Caltrans workers discovered a distinct sort of buzz during recent work on a bridge.

A swarm of bees attacked construction workers in Riverside on Monday after their hive was disturbed, leaving one worker dead and two others injured, fire and hospital officials said.

A federal judge stopped construction on a tollway project in Illinois over concern the work will harm the endangered rusty-patched bumblebee.

Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology turned innocent bees into cyborgs that can be controlled via an insect ...

Mattia Menchetti gave a swarm of European paper wasps colored construction paper so that they would build a rainbow-colored nest.

Caltrans workers discovered about 40,000 live bees during construction on a Highway 154 bridge in Santa Barbara in April. The hive was moved.

Bees swarmed the site after a contractor grading a parking lot struck an underground hive, fire chief says ...