“Put a pound ol brown sugar in a low tin dish, wet it with water, and lay a number of small strips of wood across for the bees to rest on while at work. One pound ot six-cent sugar produces two ...

Healthier honey bees could help increase crop yields by improving pollination efficiency. Scientists have developed a new ...

Bees are trucked over great distances to pollinate crops from almonds to alfalfa, in a practice that’s bad for their health and that of native pollinators. How can we fix the system? In some ...

Michigan gardeners can start preparing your bee-friendly gardens with several key tips on plants, landscaping and more.

Honey isn't vegan because it is an animal product that sometimes involves the mistreatment of bees. Industrial honey farmers clip the queen's wings and feed bees a diet that leads to malnutrition.

“Until this study, honey bees were the only livestock that could not be maintained on a man-made feed,” Pilkington said. “The reported scientific work shows in commercial field conditions that ...

While a few confused stragglers continued to buzz around, they placed the hive-top feeder filled with sugar syrup on top — feeding early-stage bee colonies is crucial, as they often require ...

His grandfather had about 10 hives, his father 40, and bees were always around when Šercelj was a child. But he was the first to go from hobbyist to professional beekeeper. Though he studied ...