“When California was wild, it was one sweet bee garden throughout its entire length, north and south and all the way across from the snowy Sierra to the ocean,” wrote John Muir in 1894’s “The ...

A COMBINATION of innovative design and high levels of applied technology have seen the development of a new hive system for both native and honey bees. Husband and wife team Jeff and Ann Ross, of the ...

When you think ‘bees,’ you probably think of a neat stack of white hive boxes and the jars of honey on the store shelves. But there’s a lot more to bees than the agricultural staple, the European ...

For Lauren Anderson, what began as a love for teaching and science has blossomed into a movement of sustainability and ...

Most of us can recognize a honey bee, but did you know that they’re not native to California? Hundreds of other bee species are though and while honey bees are social, live in hives and make honey, ...

Researchers look at how habitat around hive can affect the health of vital insects. STATE COLLEGE — The mysterious decline in honeybees has generated renewed interest into finding new ways to boost ...

You might think a crowd of native bees would pick a pristine site, someplace like Saguaro National Park, for their nesting. Not these cactus bees. In late May, thousands were buzzing over a dirt patch ...

Apiculture — the technical term for beekeeping — is a major industry across the state of North Carolina. Many counties — over ...

Krystle Hickman is the epitome of single-minded. She's polite and friendly with the reporter and photographer trailing her through the sand and rocks of the Acton Wash Wildlife Sanctuary south of ...