Natural beauty brand Burt's Bees has come a long way since it started life as homemade beeswax lip balms. Now it not only supplies us with plenty of lovely products for our face and body but, with the ...

Stingless bees produce a healthier honey, uniquely rich in a rare sugar, called trehalulose, which may have benefits ranging from ranking low on the glycaemic index (GI) to displaying antioxidant ...

Students at Weydon School have been creating a buzz with their award-winning honey production. The secondary school has taken ...

For decades, scientists have hotly debated the origin of the western honey bee. Now, new research has discovered these popular honey-producing bees most likely originated in Asia. For decades, ...

Global honey bee populations are in decline, putting the world’s food supply under pressure. But new technologies could help beekeepers counter the threat. You might think of beekeepers as mere honey ...

It's not a single pesticide or virus stressing honey bees, and affecting their health, but exposure to a complex web of multiple interacting stressors encountered while at work pollinating crops, ...

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 ...

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When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. How is honey made? Unlike many other bees, honeybee species don't hibernate in winter. Instead, ...