William Robson said varroa mites can shorten the lives of queen bees to just 18 months [Chain Bridge Honey Farm] A beekeeper has said it is more difficult to keep his hives alive because of the ...

This is not the plot of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but a common and violent reality in honey bee colonies. As with any ...

Nestled snuggly behind a patch of pines on Mount Spokane sat a wire fence, protecting an array of 11 honeybee hives from foraging raccoons and curious dogs. It was never meant to keep bears out — and ...

In the intricate world of honeybee colonies, the survival of the hive hinges on the health and productivity of the queen bee. However, if the worker bees detect any signs of weakness in their queen, ...

Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large family groups. Each group or colony is well-organized, with three types of adult bees: a queen, worker bees, and drones. Worker bees are all ...

According to Texas A&M Agrilife Research, Africanized bees have been in South Texas since the fall of 1990 and have spread to ...

An ag tech company this month announced a new product line of smart sensors designed to monitor beehives to save labor and prevent hive loss. The new technology, called ApisProtect, uses sensors, ...

TOWN OF SEVASTOPOL (WLUK) -- With the struggle to keep the honey bee population up across the country, a lot of effort is done by beekeepers, locally and nationally, to provide the best possible ...

Honey bees, packed together in their hive, are vulnerable to infection from viruses. Fred Zwicky Honey bees are known for running a tight ship. Their hexagonal honeycombs make the most mathematically ...

A neighborhood in Mathis is dealing with Africanized bees, commonly known as "killer bees," raising concerns for residents ...

Individually coded honey bee workers and queen interact inside monitored colony. Credit: Adam G. Dolezal The coronavirus epidemic has certainly caused many humans to change behavior, like increasing ...

The City of Santa Rosa stirred up a hornet's nest of outrage after ordering a 9-year-old boy to remove a 4-H beekeeping ...