LOS ANGELES -- Marvin Jordana laid a hand on the beehive in his backyard and said a silent prayer. After a few moments, he spoke: "I ask for their permission to enter the hive, because this is their ...

ERIE, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Honey Board (NHB) has released its 2021 Annual Report in video format with highlights of positive consumer research, sustainability efforts, and marketing ...

FEW PESTS are more feared by apiarists than the aptly named Varroa destructor. This mite, originally a parasite of Apis cerana, the Asian honey bee, has plagued Apis mellifera, cerana’s western cousin ...

Melissa Breyer was Treehugger’s senior editorial director before moving to Martha Stewart. Her writing and photography have been featured in The New York Times, The Guardian, National Geographic, ...

Honey bees are essential pollinators of ecosystems and agriculture worldwide. With an estimated 50–80% of crops pollinated by honey bees, they generate approximately $20 billion annually in market ...

In the summers of 2021 and 2022, Apis mellifera colonies (n = 12 per year) were established at the University of Minnesota from “packages” (10,000 bees with a mated queen in a screened box) purchased ...

In Slovenia and around the world, conservationists try — and mostly fail — to combat the widespread belief that honey bees are in danger. Credit... Supported by By David Segal Photographs and Video by ...

“They were nice bees,” a St. Petersburg, Fla., homeowner said, but a bathroom renovation meant they had to go. A beekeeper safely removed them. By Neil Vigdor A Florida couple recently bade farewell ...

A Florida couple had a massive beehive containing some 80,000 bees behind their bathroom wall, where the insects had been living, likely for years, and had produced roughly 100 pounds of honey, a bee ...