This is not the plot of a new Game of Thrones spinoff, but a common and violent reality in honey bee colonies. As with any ...

Essential to plant and human life, bees play a key role in pollinating the food we eat, but they are facing a crisis. Founded ...

A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such ...

Scientists are increasingly drawn to unmanaged colonies of this species, which use a variety of strategies to protect themselves when left to live on their own ...

The Earth’s climate is changing. It always has, but this time, it’s warming. This warmer climate is already shaping the world ...

Honey bee colonies have a surprising way of ensuring survival. When a queen bee weakens due to virus infection, her pheromone ...

Wu-Smart, who educates beekeepers across the Midwest, said there are multiple threats to bee colonies. One of the biggest is the Varroa destructor mite. “This is a mite that is an active, parasitic ...

Brandon Schrader, a squadron commander with the U.S. Air Force Reserve, is one of Minnesota’s newest Bee Veterans participants.

BATTLE GROUND — Joyful Honey and Beekeeping Supplies recently opened in Battle Ground on Main Street near 10th Avenue. Local beekeeper and bee enthusiast, Joy Bochsler, has filled the shelves of the ...

Honey bees aren’t the only pollinators—and most bees don’t sting! Learn the truth behind five common myths in honor of ...

When he made one of his weekly trips to check on them, he found all but one hive box completely smashed, frames filled with wax, honey and baby bees scattered throughout a field. Piles of dead bees ...