But Southern California beekeepers saw that happen unusually early this year, which left many of them scrambling. “Never ...

The early start follows a stretch of record-setting heat waves in the United States and an unusually warm winter in parts of ...

Insects use different mechanisms to survive the winter. Some species, such as praying mantis, spend the winter as eggs, then hatch in the spring. Others, like woolly bear caterpillars, go into a ...

Angela Tollerson demonstrates the proper procedure for winterizing bee hives for members of the Flathead Valley Beekeepers. (Photo courtesy of Bert Gildart) Angela Tollerson, while Andy Kris watches, ...

The change of seasons is a necessary part of ecosystem regulation. With the buzzing activities of humans and insects alike, winter gives us a chance to encourage a natural rhythm. As the first signs ...

During a cool fall sunset in North Dakota, forklifts buzz around the base of a flatbed trailer, loading pallets. Their cargo, multicolored boxes that look like filing cabinets, buzzes, too. Each box ...

" We lost contact with three of our strongest hives in a single winter two years ago, and that experience changed how we talk about this issue," said the founder of Huckle Bee Farms LLC. "When people ...

A Chattanooga-area beekeeper is repurposing campaign yard signs leftover from the November general election to winterize his hives. "I hate thinking of the signs just sitting in landfills, that ...

An estimated 40,000 bees have created quite a buzz at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The bees – rescued from one home in Naperville and another in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood – are now nestled in the ...