Every year, up to half the honeybee colonies in the U.S. die. Varroa mites, the bees’ ghastly parasites, are one of the main culprits. After hitching a ride into a hive, a mite mom hides in a ...

We've taken bees for granted, and now it's hurting us. The Worcester County Beekeepers Association is helping our hive-bound pollinator friends.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – An Albuquerque-based company says it has a revolutionary new way to protect beehives from Colony Collapse Disorder. The Varroa mite is a tiny parasite that attaches itself ...

Kirk Nelson walked outside a week ago to check on the honeybees he’d been tending for about six years, and got a stark surprise. One of the two colonies in his backyard in Orono had buzzed out of its ...

A catastrophic loss of bee colonies over the winter has been blamed on a mite that injects a virus into the bees and spreads the deadly pathogen throughout their colonies. Between 60% to 70% of the ...

TWIN FALLS — Bees are not only amazing insects. They are vital to Kirk Tubbs’ business. “I really enjoy the bees, and we need them,” said Tubbs, owner of Tubbs Berry Farm in Twin Falls, who keeps ...

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