The first major cleansing flight during the winter in a honey bee apiary was witnessed on February 6, 2021. A light snowfall and freezing rain prior to the flight allowed delineation of the ...

Researchers put a sensor at the entrance of beehives to register each time the pollinators entered or exited, and how long they were gone. Reading time 3 minutes We say hard workers are “busy as a bee ...

The Sunshine State’s warm winter temperatures keep the bees active, allowing them to continue to forage. So-called “migratory beekeepers” rely on this three-month sojourn to build up their colonies’ ...

CU Boulder’s Samuel Ramsey tackles the Varroa mite, a parasite devastating bee colonies and endangering vital crops worldwide In an age where environmental threats loom large, a CU Boulder ...

Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. Scientists say the bees' ...

Heads up, Florida. Along with alligators, Burmese pythons and Asian needle ants, now killer bees are spreading across the state — and the country — as average temperatures rise. Africanized honey bees ...

In a study published this week, James Hung, an assistant professor at the University of Oklahoma, and his colleagues found that populations of western honey bees at their study sites in San Diego ...

One of my favorite pollinators is the bumble bee. Bumble bees are the pollinator world’s cute, cuddly, awkward fellows. Due to their unique physiology that allows bumble bees to fly in conditions when ...