A couple of years ago, I wrote about fungus-farming ants. These ants are a famous example of non-human animals farming, but they're hardly alone; for example, some termites, ambrosia beetles, ...

Flowers are not enough, it seems. For the first time, bees have been discovered farming fungus to provide extra food for their larvae. Though farming is well known in many social insects, such as ants ...

It’s a hot summer day and you’re sipping your lemonade on the porch when a honey bee lands on your cup, deciding it is a shareable beverage. Her home must be close, right? Have you considered your ...

Some veterans are finding relief from the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder by choosing to take up some unconventional treatments that include beekeeping or farming. Vince Ylitalo knows that ...

Swan song or bee excrement deleted? These two local run-ins pit public safety and public health against the rights of nature’s creatures to maintain the habitats they currently enjoy. A few swans ...

PERRY COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – May 20 is World Bee Day but the owners of Honey in the Hollow Bee Farm in Newport are about the bees every day. “It started out because Glenn loves bees,” said Sue Scott, ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MANHATTAN, Kan. — “Homegrown by heroes.” You ...

Some veterans are finding relief from the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder by choosing to take up some unconventional treatments that include beekeeping or farming. Vince Ylitalo knows that ...

The hazards of spraying fungicides and pesticides on fruit and vegetables are well known: increased resistance to their efficacy by pests and weeds, expense of fuel, machinery and labor to apply them ...