Tiny but mighty, honey bees play a crucial role in our ecosystems, pollinating various plants and crops. They also support ...

As American beekeepers reel from record honeybee losses, a new and even more destructive threat from Southeast Asia is ...

While American beekeepers search for solutions, another, potentially worse threat looms: Tropilaelaps mites, which also hail ...

Without honeybees, we would lose most commercial honey production, and many fruit, nut, and vegetable crops would see reduced ...

Beekeepers across the state, the nation’s fifth-largest hub of honey production, worry about significant financial losses.

The general public can help bees — some of nature’s hardest workers — survive by planting flowers that thrive early and late in the year.

Credit: Pixabay. Tucked away in the shaded corner of a community garden in New Haven, Connecticut, a beehive awaits. Seven ...

Before winter, beekeepers must prepare their hives. As cold weather strikes, bees cluster together, leaving the entrance of their hive unmanned, so adding a mice guard is recommended.

Honey is harvested from the hives in late summer, before the bees are transported to California for winter pollination in avocado, almond and lemon groves. Credit: Stacy Wilmer photo ...