Beekeeping Basics” — is aimed at helping individuals become successful beekeepers by learning about honey bee biology and how to manage bee colonies.

Colonies could decline by 60-70% due to a dangerous combination of mites, pesticides, habitat loss and hive theft.

Queens eat royal jelly, which has antioxidants and less sugar than the honey tkhat workers eat. This is thought to be part of ...

Little to no bees were left when Bauer checked on his hives in late March. The beekeeper salvaged one colony of survivors from 60 others with 80,000 bees. He hopes the lone surviving colony will be ...

Due to her privileged DNA, the larger and more fertile queen bee outlives the workers. She lives an average of 1 to 2 years.

Throughout history, different cultures around the world have held bees in high regard, using them to symbolize everything ...

The Green Lake Bird and Nature Club will host a presentation Tuesday, April 8 at 6 p.m. called “The Magical World of the ...

Honey bees are not native to the U.S., but they play a big part in commercial agriculture. The flying insects pollinate more than 130 types of fruits, nuts and vegetables, making them responsible for ...

However, the hive boxes didn’t yield as much honey as expected. “Bees cannot forage freely across insecticide-treated crop fields. Their population growth is also slowing down,” Pavel ...

Honey is thick, golden-colored liquid that honeybees and other insects, including some bumblebees and wasps, produce. It comes from the nectar within flowers, which bees collect and store in their ...

Farmers are turning bees into unexpected helpers to keep ... The farmers also made $2250 (£1,740) from selling honey. Getty Images Charity Mwangome ploughs her farmland using a hoe next to ...

Daniel: Before I met Michael, I had a certain idea of what a bee looked like. Either something like a big, round bumblebee or a fuzzy little black-and-yellow-striped number that churns out honey.