Heatwaves are impairing the ability of bumble bees to detect floral scents, posing a serious threat to their role as pollinators, according to a new study. The research shows that exposure to extreme ...

A buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris), one of the species found in a recent study to have a diminished sense of smell after exposure to heat. Georgette Douwma via Getty Images Heat could be ...

Bumblebees might lose their sense of smell during heatwaves, according to a laboratory simulation 1. Sabine Nooten and her colleagues at the University of Würzburg in Germany subjected a total of 143 ...

Heat waves don’t just make bumblebees hot. The high temperatures also seem to drastically reduce their sense of smell — with possible negative effects on the survival of colonies. As climate change is ...