Delivering a gentle automated tap to the outside of a hive and recording the honeybees’ collective response can give an indication of the colony's health without having to look inside, new research ...

A fast-spreading parasite is expected to devastate local bee colonies over the next two years, affecting commercial and ...

On a warm summer morning, Michael Moore and Charlie McMaster don their protective suits and veils to inspect the health of Moore’s four new beehives. The white boxes sit near the fence line of Moore’s ...

Beekeeping is quite the rewarding hobby. There’s delicious honey and useful wax to be had, plus you get the honor of knowing that you’re helping to keep the bee population surviving and thriving. [Ben ...

The varroa mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a huge threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey producers, who are on high alert after the destructive mite's recent ...

A recent Bee Downtown honeybee hive colony installation at Microsoft’s Reston, Virginia, campus. (Courtesy Bee Downtown) After decades of decline, the U.S. honeybee population has seen a remarkable ...

Getting ready for winter in this area we should install entrance reducers and check for food stores and make sure that our mite levels are at their lowest levels. We complain when our nighttime ...