Turn the air conditioner on, it’s a scorcher out there. When honeybee hives get too hot, thirsty bees beg their specialised, water-foraging sisters for more liquid, which ends up cooling the colony.

Beekeeper Nick French never knows what he'll find when he opens up his hives for the first spring inspections. Of the 40 hives he manages in Parker, Colo., French loses about one-quarter of his ...

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A recent Bee Downtown honeybee hive colony installation at Microsoft’s Reston, Virginia, campus. (Courtesy Bee Downtown) After decades of decline, the U.S. honeybee population has seen a remarkable ...

In Slovenia and around the world, conservationists try — and mostly fail — to combat the widespread belief that honey bees are in danger. Credit... Supported by By David Segal Photographs and Video by ...