First, check your local laws. Like raising backyard chickens, different rules exist for backyard beekeeping. So before buying any bees or equipment, check with your local city, county, and state laws ...

Start a beekeeping journey: Beekind of Sebastopol is offering a beginner-friendly six-part video series on the essentials of ...

We all know someone who can’t resist picking up new hobbies. Their attention flits from home improvement projects to rug-tufting to roller-skating. Guided by YouTube videos and fueled with pure ...

The recent survey found that small-scale beekeepers have nearly double the colony loss of larger operations. Small-scale, hobbyist or backyard beekeepers experience roughly double the amount of colony ...

YORK, Pa. — They’re small, essential and in serious trouble. Bees, the unsung heroes of our food system, are disappearing at an alarming rate. As wild populations dwindle worldwide, a growing number ...

LAKE RIDGE, Va. (7News) — Honeybees first arrived to what is now Virginia in 1622. A shipment from England brought these super pollinators to the United States and now, 400 years later, there are more ...

Backyard beekeeping is growing in popularity in Santa Monica, but Vilma Zenelaj, a fourth generation beekeeper from Albania, was way ahead of the buzz. Zenelaj has been beekeeping for years and ...

What started as a niche class for Central Texas hobbyists has grown into a statewide movement to support and educate a new generation of beekeepers. With backyard hives on the rise and a growing need ...

LA MESA, Calif. — Between climate change, pesticides, and habitat loss, the honeybee population around the world has collapsed. But many are stepping up to give the bees a place to land as backyard ...