The Earth’s climate is changing. It always has, but this time, it’s warming. This warmer climate is already shaping the world ...

Here's what to do if a bee's nest is too close to your home. Gardeners know that all kinds of bees are good for our flower and vegetable gardens. They’re responsible for pollinating crops as varied as ...

Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average lifespan of bees is about two weeks. And ...

The next time you come across a big bumble bee you might want to give them space to do their pollinating thing. Turns out they’ve got a tough time of it already, thanks to the non-native western honey ...

In a study published this week, James Hung, an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, and his colleagues found that populations of western honey bees at their study sites in San Diego ...

On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz around a cluster of hives near Boulder Creek. Worker bees taking off in search of water, nectar and pollen mingle with bees ...

There are hardly any flowering plants left, and food for honey bees is becoming scarce. Researchers at the Biocenter have investigated how bees cope with this situation.