Since California beekeeper Valeri Strachan-Severson started breeding honeybees, she has seen a marked difference in the health of her hives. Her bees are stronger, more hygienic and rarely experience ...

The honeybee population has been steadily on the decline for decades. Though it’s not quite understood why the bees are dying off, scientists have decided to breed “super bees” in order to ensure the ...

In Southern California’s inland valleys, where colonies stay active year-round and Varroa destructor never gets a winter ...

What makes a bee a he or a she? Three years ago, scientists pinpointed a gene called csd that determines gender in honey bees, and now a research team led by University of Michigan evolutionary ...

In 1974, a bored teenager picked up a book about bees in the library. Immediately fascinated by bees and the people who loved and cared for them, she went to work for a commercial beekeeper in New ...

The breeding program to create a hardier, pest-resistant honey bee population in Ohio will use historic locations in Dayton and in areas near the city this summer. Managed honey bee colonies are ...

Brandon Hopkins turns open the black lid of a metal drum. A liquid nitrogen mist seeps out of the drum's opening. Slowly, he pulls out a metal arm holding a package filled with tiny, plastic straws.

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Miaoli Agricultural Research and Extension Station under the Ministry of Agriculture has developed a new bee variety with strong disease resistance and high honey ...

In recent years, considerable buzz has focused on the health of a small, but critically important, insect — the honeybee. Parasites, pesticides, diseases and habitat loss have all played a part in a ...

It's almond blossom time in California. The orchards are bursting into bloom and the almond trees, their canopies ablaze in white and pink, are all abuzz with millions upon millions of honey bees ...

High in the Dubai mountains, where there’s little vegetation, bees struggle to survive the summer heat. But like in the rest of the world, bees and other pollinators are needed in this arid ...