Starting up a beekeeping operation can be daunting, but rewarding — especially when you're enjoying that honey. Here's what ...

A recent survey found an average loss of 62% of bee colonies among commercial operations in less than a year. Causes and ...

This video shows an Australian stingless native beehive being split to make two hives. These Australian native bees are called Tetragonula carbonaria, but there are over 1500 different varieties ...

A majority of beekeepers around the country have lost at least half of their honey bees in a mysterious disappearance over ...

If growers are willing to put in the time, expense and labor required to manage honey bees, which are considered ...

Vermont native bees are a very different creature than the honey bee (Apis mellifera) and, some biologists point out, ...

But native bees are very different creatures. They don’t congregate in hives or make honey. Aside from bumblebees, most native bees live solitary lives and nest underground or in tree trunks ...

Kelly and Kevin Parker raise bees on their hobby farm near Perley. (BEHIND) Honeybees cluster on a honeycomb. Red River Valley Beekeepers’ Lisa Burns introduces young students to the lore of honeybees ...

Once one hive is infected, the mites can easily spread ... should only be cleaned up in the spring, instead of fall. Native bees harbor in cover from uncut flower stems in the winter.