As spring approaches, trees begin to bloom, and the iconic almond blossoms adorn the farmland throughout the Central Valley. People come from miles around to take photos in pinkish-white orchards and ...

Complicating the situation, beekeepers are trying to work within a large-scale agricultural system, using an insect whose husbandry practices have changed little since the nineteenth century. The ...

A survey found that commercial beekeepers in the United States reported an average loss of 62% of their bee colonies Getty Honeybees are dying in “alarming” numbers in the United States, according to ...

Commercial beekeeping operates very differently from the small backyard apiaries many people associate with the practice. Large beekeeping operations often manage thousands of hives that travel across ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honey bee pollinates a raspberry bush on June 9 in Whatcom County. About 1.7 million honey bee colonies — nearly 60% of all such ...

A man-made food source provided honey bees a nutritious diet at a commercial scale over the course of two winter seasons, according to a new study led by Washington State University researchers. The ...

A new-generation BC beekeeper is modernizing a legacy operation-breeding resilient Canadian stock, using data-driven queen programs, and challenging an import-dependent system.

James Muriuki, the Assistant Director in charge of Livestock Production at the Ministry of Agriculture Livestock and Fisheries (MoALF), loves talking about bees. The man has a passion for beekeeping.