A honey bee in Mettler, Calif. (photo: Department of Water Resources) The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service reported winter honey bees have a higher resistance to ...

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 ...

I keep mason bees. They sleep in cardboard tubes all winter long. I worry about my little bees until I see them chew out of their nesting tubes in the spring. I talked about how mason bees and all ...

Why not take a little time today to learn about these amazing animals that we see in our backyard and nature — bees. When we hear the word “bee,” our mind usually pictures honey bees flying from ...

Anna King / Northwest News Network New research out of Washington State University shows colonies of Northwest bees that fly in warm fall and winter weather are dying more quickly than they used to.

Autumn gardens play a key role in helping bees survive winter. With nearly 4,000 native bee species in the United States supporting pollination in farms, cities and natural spaces, reliable forage in ...

“The bees seem to be doing very well this year,” Altobell said. But if honey bees are doing well, that means other bees, like hornets and wasps, are out too. “This year’s been a bad year for yellow ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. SMITHTOWN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Bees come a dime a ...

To understand winter survival, you first need to know that bees and wasps fall into two big groups. Social species live in large colonies with a single queen and many workers, while solitary species ...

Bees and wasps provide many ecological services, including pollinating and feeding on garden pests such as caterpillars. But now that chilly days have arrived in most of the Southeast, you may wonder ...