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Beekeepers across the state, the nation’s fifth-largest hub of honey production, worry about significant financial losses.
Summer’s here and so are the stings. From nettles to ticks to jellyfish, here’s how to treat (and avoid) the season’s most painful bites.
The way in which honey bees pollinate can also create problems for native plant ecosystems. That’s because honey bees often ...
This Asian giant hornet may have gotten the drop, but honeybees have a surprisingly effective weapon against the intruder.
The problem: While honey bees are extremely important for agricultural activity — like growing food — they’re also pollen ...
Across the tops of parking garages and skyscrapers, in the heart of Houston, more than 750,000 bees thrive under the care of ...
Bees are essential to the health of the Earth’s ecosystems, but the populations of many species are dwindling. These ...
And now, according to new research, there is another threat to add to the list: honey bees. Ongoing monitoring efforts on the Hawaiian archipelago have revealed that invasive honey bees on the islands ...
"It's a true science," said the glass beehive's builder and caretaker. "I've had so many people come down here and see it and ...
The fading of insects from the world is not immediate. It is a slow and painful unraveling. Starting subtly, we will notice a ...