STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Some not-so-sweet news came from the Rock Hill Honey Bee Farms. Stafford County Sheriff’s Office responded to the farm located on 45 Pinto Lane on Monday ...

To the 21st century farmer, hives are as much a part of the arsenal of modern, industrialized agriculture as mechanical harvesters and genetically modified seeds.

It’s hard to find a dead hive. Despite the almost guaranteed heartbreak, she said beekeeping is a growing hobby in southeast Colorado. The pandemic was many beekeepers’ starting point.

checked on his bees after winter, he found more dead than alive. He said 72% of his colonies died, more than double what he would expect in a typical year. Fewer bees, means less honey to sell.

The beginning of March, with its glorious colour in gardens, hedgerows and fields, was welcomed by all of us, even if the wind blew chilly ...

Working with others across the country and around the world UVM researchers are helping develop testing to help beekeepers ...

In Burkina Faso, sesame seeds were three times heavier in farms pollinated by honey bees. In Argentina, apples from orchards with high-quality hives were sweeter and larger, lifting profits by 70%.

The cause has been attributed to many things, including diseases carried by mites, human development, use of pesticides and other factors that make life hard for bees. Colorado, with its harsh winters ...

bees cropping up covered in parasites, with deformed wings, or slaughtering their own larvae. Sometimes workers will vanish from the hive altogether, leaving the queen and her offspring abandoned ...

In Burkina Faso, sesame seeds were three times heavier in farms pollinated by honey bees. In Argentina, apples from orchards with high-quality hives were sweeter and larger, lifting profits by 70%.