Nestled snuggly behind a patch of pines on Mount Spokane sat a wire fence, protecting an array of 11 honeybee hives from foraging raccoons and curious dogs. It was never meant to keep bears out — and ...

“I wouldn’t say it’s a competition, but we definitely compare notes.” ...

The City of Santa Rosa stirred up a hornet's nest of outrage after ordering a 9-year-old boy to remove a 4-H beekeeping ...

This is not the plot of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but a common and violent reality in honey bee colonies. As with any ...

When he made one of his weekly trips to check on them, he found all but one hive box completely smashed, frames filled with wax, honey and baby bees scattered throughout a field. Piles of dead bees ...

Honey bee colonies have a surprising way of ensuring survival. When a queen bee weakens due to virus infection, her pheromone ...

James, who keeps hives at his home in Berkshire, told Country Life that his sister “shares a love of bees and has a few hives ...

The bees are working very hard to collect all of the pollen they can. Nectar is very scarce at this time of the year, and the ...

According to Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Africanized bees have been in South Texas since the fall of 1990, spreading to 163 ...

Mad honey,” or “deli bal” as it’s known in Turkey, is a rare and potentially dangerous delicacy with psychoactive properties. Turkey’s Black Sea region is one of only two places in the world where ...

In the intricate world of honeybee colonies, the survival of the hive hinges on the health and productivity of the queen bee.

The hornet invasion threatens honeybees, other pollinators and all native insects with no natural defences. Eradication ...