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 ...

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live in a giant beehive? It’s probably not something you’ve ever thought of before, but there is an Airbnb bee farm stay in Italy that you’ll want to ...

First observed in 2018, the United Nations designated May 20 as World Bee Day, meant to raise awareness of the importance of these tiny but important pollinators, the threats they face and the ...

Across the West, growers are turning to a tiny, overlooked insect to pollinate crops: the native mason bee. In Washington state, Watts is leading the movement. Researchers call mason bees “the new ...

For one thing, unlike impulsive smash-and-grab types lurking on city streets, these rural thieves are generally not operating on a whim. Many are experienced beekeepers themselves. And they’re getting ...

Kepha Miller a bee farmer at his bee hives at Kerito Nyamira County on 12/4/2021. [Sammy Omingo, Standard] Two years after setting up an apiary of 50 hives, Kepha Miller a bee farmer in Nyamira County ...

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY, Fla. — The buzzing from Richard Bettencourt's beehive farm is music to his ears, and he's wants to hear more of it. Bettencourt started "Papa B's Honey" three years ago after he ...

Mrs Miriam Chebaari grew up battling tonsillitis. Sometimes, her condition was so bad that her tongue would swell and fill her mouth, affecting her speech. Her father, then a bee farmer, would make ...

Ivy Lawson spent close to 20 years combined, as a quality control engineer at Raytheon and, later, as a software developer at IBM, respectively. Then, in 2007, she quit her corporate gig to pursue ...

YOLO COUNTY (KPIX 5) -- It's a crime straight out of the wild west with a with a California twist. Bee rustlers have become the state's new outlaws. It's the farmers who are getting stung. The gentle ...