Almost 20 years ago today, beekeepers in the United States (not to mention anyone in the country who liked to eat) were on ...

The new study reveals that probiotics can help protect honey bees against colony collapse disorder. Honey bees, the planet’s most important pollinators, are critical to approximately a third of the ...

Three times in the past 120 years, honeybees have disappeared for mysterious reasons. Twice since the 1980's, there have been infestations of bee-killing mites. But those episodes have been restricted ...

Philip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, “a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees.” The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-spoken man who calmly notes ...

Colony Collapse Disorder emerged in 2006, puzzling scientists with vanishing bees. Research now shows multiple factors weaken ...

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Palestinian beekeepers inspect hives at an apiary near the central Gaza Strip refugee camp of Bureij on April 19, 2010. Jihad Abu Shamalah, the Gaza farmer who owns the apiary says he had to move his ...

LIVINGSTON — Park County beekeeper Andrew Bauer, a ranch worker and owner of Hazel’s Honey LLC, a family-owned Paradise Valley apiary, is willing his small business back to life after the worst winter ...

Raise your hand if you love fruits, veggies and most other produce? If you don’t want to see your favorite type of berry or apple or squash go away, you may want to help honey bees do their job of ...

Ryan Sabotin, right, who graduated in May with a degree in neuroscience, and Sam Hughes, left, who will be a senior this coming year in computer science and informatics, meet with Carol ...

This week marked the beginning of what’s called “the peaking season” for state lawmakers, and it’s seen some food-safety-related bills moving forward without producing any big trends. The ...