When word spread that some Russian bees had adapted to better withstand varroa, she bought queens from those colonies. If she sees good resistance in a hive — from Russian or other strong genes ...

But Russian bees are more resistant to it, and backyard beekeepers have had success with them. The problem, says Tarpy, is that Russian honeybees don’t make as much honey as their Italian ...

PHILADELPHIA, June 22. -- E. L. Pratt of Swarthmore, a breeder of queen bees, has just received an order for a queen from the Czar. It appears that the monarch has made apiculture a hobby and has ...

An eighth-grader from Bright Horizon Academy will be going to Washington, D.C., to represent San Diego County in the national spelling bee this May. Duaa Ouznali competed for over five hours at ...