New test helps beekeepers identify disease-resistant honey bee colonies, offering hope amid rising hive losses across the ...

Honey bees are dying at alarming rates across the United States. Beekeepers in the United States lost more than 55 percent of managed colonies last year. A new study supports a novel method for ...

Here's how to set up your hive to give your bees everything they need. Related: 13 Colorful Nectar Plants for Pollinators Removing a few frames from the brood box makes room for the bees.

Honey bees are dying at alarming rates across the United States. Beekeepers in the United States lost more than 55 percent of ...

February brought the longed-for colour to gardens and fields with spring bulbs in the former and gorse in the latter, writes ...

Inside the boxed hive are frames with hexagonal holes ... Chalkbrood kills the brood, so the bees don't have to be as sensitive to detect it." Varroa mite infection is trickier.

Although Utah enjoys the title "The Beehive State," the top honey-producing ... While workers select which fertilized eggs to brood in queen or worker cells, the queen decides the sex of her ...

How did they get closeups of bees in flight? Of a queen mating on the wing? Of the inside of a brood cell deep within a hive? In this engaging interview, enhanced by images taken during the making ...