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 ...

From June 2024 through February 2025, U.S. beekeepers suffered their worst winter losses in more than a decade, with ...

Just because it is wintertime doesn’t mean that bees, which are important pollinators for our flowers, fruits and vegetables, don’t need food. Plants and shrubs can provide pollen, nectar, or both to ...

The air cools, leaves begin to tumble, and your garden starts its slow drift toward winter sleep. But while many people pack ...

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 ...

Weather, pesticides and parasites batter local bees; Dan Keesee works to bolster hives as Illinois losses surge, risking ...

Brandon Schrader, a squadron commander with the U.S. Air Force Reserve, is one of Minnesota’s newest Bee Veterans participants.

A preliminary tally indicates that almost a third of all of the managed bee colonies in the United States — 31.1 percent — didn't survive the winter. That makes it the fourth-worst winter since 2006.

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 ...

[Music] this has been driving me crazy for [Music] years I love pushing the boundaries of beekeeping to see what beekeeping can be [Music] I know I could buy a metal one that's already made to take a ...