Essential to plant and human life, bees play a key role in pollinating the food we eat, but they are facing a crisis. Founded ...

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 ...

Scientists are increasingly drawn to unmanaged colonies of this species, which use a variety of strategies to protect themselves when left to live on their own ...

A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such ...

COLUMBIA — One local beekeeper says he has seen fewer bees this year as his swarm traps bring in fewer striped pollinators. “Last year, I put swarm traps out on April 7,” said Clay Stem, owner of ...

Wu-Smart, who educates beekeepers across the Midwest, said there are multiple threats to bee colonies. One of the biggest is ...

There is a common phrase that appears in the popular press, in grant proposals and as a fund raising theme for several environmental groups: “the decline of the honey bee.” This is often referenced as ...

We have heard the expression: “Important things come in small packages,” such as diamonds and pearls, and things like butterflies, hummingbirds, and honey bees. There is a group in Holland that ...

It's like a science project because there's just so much to what bees can do. They're just a very interesting species of ...

The research team found that common viruses can damage a queen’s ovaries, reducing both her egg-laying rate and the ...