Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The "catastrophic" and escalating loss of honey bee colonies across the United States is concerning experts. A nationwide survey ...

To the Editor, Bees are in dire need of your help — today, one in four bumblebee species is at risk of extinction. Last winter, commercial beekeepers in Massachusetts lost 82% of their beehives. A big ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honey bee pollinates a raspberry bush on June 9 in Whatcom County. About 1.7 million honey bee colonies — nearly 60% of all such ...

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 ...

Last month, trucks loaded with beehives rolled into Desert Creek Honey’s Fresno-area facility, delivering millions of ...

Residents of Sonoma County may soon receive inquiries from commercial beekeepers seeking to overwinter their hives on private land in return for honey. Here are some facts people should know before ...

Hundreds of flatbed loads of honey bees are trucked into Washington every spring, enabling the production of apples, cherries, pears and berries in the state. The pollinators are estimated to add at ...