LONDON—Buttercups, hogweed, dandelions, and thistles might not sound delicious to you, but they are an urban bee’s delight. “Honeybees need a diverse diet,” explains Sabiha Malik, London-based founder ...

Contrary to the behavior of certain other insects, bees don’t actually fly once it’s dark, according to this trending ...

A new study on pollution reveals that proof isn’t in the pudding — it’s in the honey. Research carried out in partnership between the nonprofit Hives for Humanity and the University of British ...

An innovative new beehive design –launched via an Indiegogo campaign– might just be the solution we need to relieve, or even end, colony collapse disorder in bees. Abandoning chemicals and harnessing ...

A UC Riverside computer science team has developed a sensor-based technology that could revolutionize commercial beekeeping by reducing colony losses and lowering labor costs. Called the Electronic ...

Not be an alarmist, but if bees go extinct it’s likely that coffee would become a rare and expensive luxury commodity. And I don’t want to live in that world. Luckily, ApisProtect today announced its ...

(WKBN) — Two years ago, local hobbyist beekeeper Brian Koper had 21 colonies. Now, he’s left with just three. Koper recently put out a post on his social media page, asking his beekeeping friends if ...

Extreme summer heat is overwhelming honey bee hives. Discover how high temperatures disrupt a colony's cooling system, leading to decline and what it means for our future.

It was all about the bees last week for two Park Slope residents who set up a hive on the roof of a Brooklyn brownstone, home to about 12,000 fuzzy pollinators. Early Friday morning, the beekeepers — ...

Beekeeping is quite the rewarding hobby. There’s delicious honey and useful wax to be had, plus you get the honor of knowing that you’re helping to keep the bee population surviving and thriving. [Ben ...

Vast monoculture farms outstripped the ability of bee populations to pollinate them naturally long ago, but the techniques that have arisen to fill that gap are neither precise nor modern. Israeli ...