Starting up a beekeeping operation can be daunting, but rewarding — especially when you're enjoying that honey. Here's what ...

The U.S. beekeeping industry is in crisis over the shocking and unexplained deaths of hundreds of millions of bees over the ...

Once one hive is infected, the mites can easily spread to other hives as bees sometimes walk into neighboring hives instead .

Juliana Rangel, an entomologist at Texas A&M University, has been studying bee hives in her lab. There are a few potential explanations, she said, including changing habitats and weather patterns.

which can introduce diseases as well as disrupt the temperature in the hive, which stresses the bees — and you don’t want stressed bees’ At the most basic end of the spectrum is growing ...

The Loch Ness Honey Company has more than 100 honey-producing hives A Highland honey business has raised concerns about how plans for up to 400 new homes on nearby land could affect queen bees.

Beehives use thermoregulation to ensure the hive temperature stays between 33 and 36 degrees Celsius, about 91 to 97 degrees Fahrenheit. For example, bees might cluster to create insulation when ...