When most people think of bees, they picture honey bees buzzing around a hive. But honey bees are just a small part of a much ...

Carpenter bees might be pollinators, but they can also be undesirable due to the holes they drill. But are the bees living in ...

A diversity of pollinators ensures a diversity of plants. These species are keystone players in the entire ecosystem, and the ...

Too often, we blame tiny, misshapen strawberries on not enough fertilizer or bad weather, when the real culprit is poor ...

Pollinator month is here, and if you’ve spent any time outside lately, you’ve probably seen them flying through the clover, ...

From fuzzy bumble bees to metallic green pollinators, Utah is home to thousands of native bee species quietly supporting ...

A new report has predicted a shortfall of close to 300,000 beehives for this year's peak crop pollination season in August, as the deadly parasite varroa mite wipes out bees. The cost of managing ...

Five things to do in the garden this week: Wildlife. My frustration with urban wildlife reached its peak this week when I went out to look at my Eva’s Pride peach tree one morning to find the dozens ...

For decades, scientists thought royal jelly was the secret ingredient that turned an ordinary honeybee larva into a queen.

Sundberg maintains around 7,000 colonies of bees, moving them to California for almond pollination, then to Washington for apples and finally home to Montana to produce honey. As the one with her ...

BEIJING — Honeybee queens come from the same ordinary fertilized female eggs as worker bees. So how does one bee become a queen — with the responsibility of serving as the colony's only baby maker — ...