A backyard beehive will not save the bees, it will rarely save you money on honey, and, in several states, you are out of ...

There are roughly 100 million managed western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in hives worldwide, with about half in Europe, Africa and western Asia, where the species is native, and the rest in ...

Put yourself in the exoskeleton of a bumble bee for a moment: Your world would be a riot of colors and scents, both essential to guide your search for pollen and nectar. Bumble bees have excellent ...

Bumble bees battling invasive Argentine ants may win individual fights but ultimately lose valuable foraging time, putting pressure on colonies already strained by habitat loss, disease, and ...

Erika Thompson talks with PEOPLE about her love of bees and her personal collection of hives ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Oleksandrum/Shutterstock Bees are undoubtedly crucial to earth's ecosystem (not to mention their ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

WSU researchers and students collect samples and perform honey bee colony health assessments in orchards near Modesto, CA. Photo by Brandon Hopkins PULLMAN, Wash. — The famous work ethic of honey bees ...