Jessy O'Keefe waved the smoker around as she prepared to inspect the hive, one of nearly half-dozen stored in the backyard of the house near Wilmington's Bradley Creek. "It redirects their focus and ...

YORK, Pa. — They’re small, essential and in serious trouble. Bees, the unsung heroes of our food system, are disappearing at an alarming rate. As wild populations dwindle worldwide, a growing number ...

With the honey bee crisis continuing, it's even more important to encourage native bees to ensure good pollination in the ...

Like honey? Well, you’re in luck, because National Honey Bee Day is upon us, and if you happen to arrive dressed up as a bee at the bee-intensive festival hosted by Brevard Backyard Beekeepers, you ...

Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average lifespan of bees is about two weeks. And ...

Honey is typically harvested in North Jersey in summer. There can be as many as 60,000 honeybees in a single colony. Backyard beekeepers sell their honey online, in stores and at farmers markets. Like ...

By Shelby Carroll N.C. Cooperative Extension Residents interested in learning the art and science of beekeeping will have the ...

It’s a hot summer day and you’re sipping your lemonade on the porch when a honey bee lands on your cup, deciding it is a shareable beverage. Her home must be close, right? Have you considered your ...

Seven years ago, Andrea Montoya took her grandson to play in Boulder Creek – and her life changed forever. “My husband said, ‘Did you see that structure over there? That’s called a bee house,'” ...