Pueblo County CSU-Extension Office horticulture specialist Amanda Weidner writes about insects that are your allies in the ...

At last week’s national-level exhibition, ‘Ethereal Visions’ (Punjab Kala Bhawan, Chandigarh), Odisha’s Sofaiya Yasmeen put ...

Dan Long handles his beehives with care. When he needs to harvest honey or search for a queen bee, he might wear a full ...

Scientists have created a new type of food that could help honey bee colonies survive even without access to natural pollen.

Another possibility, highlighted by Williams’s recent research, is that more bee larvae may persist in colder climates than previously thought, perhaps enough to feed the mites. His team has ...

The mite feeds on baby bees (larvae), weakening them. It can also spread viruses that eventually destroy entire bee colonies. Efforts to contain its spread have failed, so it looks like Australia ...

American foulbrood, a bacteria that infects young bee larvae, is less common than European foulbrood but is considered especially deadly for a bee colony - it can spread through a hive leading to ...

Queens eat royal jelly, which has antioxidants and less sugar than the honey tkhat workers eat. This is thought to be part of ...

It’s a recurring disaster that can seem like a biblical plague: bees cropping up covered in parasites, with deformed wings, ...

"Through the summer, they become big larvae, spin a cocoon, and metamorphose to an adult. And in the fall, it's an adult bee in a cocoon that just hibernates through the winter." Hunter, who is on the ...

A new hygienic testing method helps identify bee colonies better at preventing sickness. Now, scientists are working to breed these colonies to generate more resilient hives for commercial and ...

Northern Ireland's honey bees are "under threat" due to the absence of a bee inspectorate since last year, according to the ...