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 ...

Entering this spring, beekeepers will be tasked with rebounding from the worst winter in over a decade for winter bee mortality. A nonprofit organization, called Project Apis m., surveyed more than ...

(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 ...

Beekeeper Wes Hull points a smoker toward one of his hives, calming the bees inside by disrupting the pheromones they use to communicate. (Noah Wicks photo) A new report from the California State ...

An unprecedented loss of honeybees over the winter has put staple crops at risk in the coming season. The uncertain cause of this mass die-off has left beekeepers and farmers bewildered and facing a ...

A review paper draws on scientific studies to recommend ways to reduce honeybee disease impacts, such as limiting the mixing of bees between colonies and supporting natural bee behaviors that provide ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — A commercial beekeeping supply business has opened in far southwestern North Dakota that will serve people in three of the top five honey producing states in the country. State ...

BISMARCK, N.D. • A commercial beekeeping supply business has opened in Hettinger. The North Dakota Department of Commerce made the announcement on Thursday, Jan. 13. “As the No. 1 honey producer in ...