Light from cars, homes, and street lamps may be keeping bees up at night, according to a new study. Honey bees prefer to sleep in the dark recesses of their hive, but on hot nights they will instead ...

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As the growing your own food movement gains momentum, many people are considering keeping bees in their backyard. People who are entertaining this idea have questions about starting this endeavor. One ...

The secretary of South Carolina Beekeeper Association sells hive and runs a “host a hive” program to expand the population of ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For more than 20 years, Beekeeper Bob Faulkner, owner of Syracuse Honey, has been helping people set up their own bee colonies in their backyards. “I help people get started every ...

CHURUBUSCO, Ind. (WANE)— Bee Great Marketplace has been open for three years, but their services go well beyond their storefront. David Mullins, the owner of Bee Great, has been keeping bees as a ...

Mice love to take shelter inside beehives. It’s a perfect spot for a mouse; warm and cozy with plenty of honey to eat.

On a warm day in the spring, when you look at a bright flower and see a bee dancing around on the inside of the plant, that creature is likely just making a stop on a long journey before it returns to ...

Discover the world of stingless bees, unique pollinators that produce medicinal pot honey and live in vibrant tropical ...

On an afternoon in late summer, the bees that live at a Long Beach mall were flying high, winging their way back to their hives atop a parking garage. Upon their return, they emptied the “pollen pants ...