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’ ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Experts say bees play a crucial role in our environment. Through education and training, a Detroit initiative is working to teach people about the importance of bees one hive at a time ...

Dr. Jim Cane is out in the squash fields before the sun peeks out over the eastern horizon. He knows that if he starts early, he can find male squash bees sleeping within the collapsed husks of ...

With the honey bee crisis continuing, it's even more important to encourage native bees to ensure good pollination in the ...

Bees mean honey and hives, queens and colonies. Honeybees came to North America from Europe in the 17th century and are important to agriculture as pollinators, especially for non-native crops. But ...

“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 ...

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 ...

In this video, we demonstrate how to collect honey from Australian native bees using a honey super. How to remove a honey super from a native beehive and also how to add a honey super to an existing ...

It’s easy to view bees and mosquitoes as pests. But ahead of Wild Blueberry Weekend, it’s worth learning about the powerful role they can play in our ecosystems. One only needs a short walk on a ...

Andony Melathopoulos takes a seat and flips on the harsh light to his microscope. He places a bee under the lens and peers through, adjusting the focus for a clear view. Melathopoulos, an associate ...

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, ...

Projects affiliated with the University of California have helped farmers integrate and support native bee populations. The presence of native pollinators not only increases crop yield, research has ...