As the growing your own food movement gains momentum, many people are considering keeping bees in their backyard. People who are entertaining this idea have questions about starting this endeavor. One ...

Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average lifespan of bees is about two weeks. And ...

Beekeeper Mike Powers got stung last month by an Orange County code-enforcement order which deemed his well-kept Orlando-area home to be “unfit for human occupancy.” The reason? His backyard bees. And ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average ...