Wedding Honey Cakes

Scientists are researching the potential consequences of the rapid decline of the honey bee population in the U.S. and how to mitigate its effects before it causes ...

Ed Esler, Harvey and Judy Blomberg, and members of the Ripple River Bee Club of Aitkin presented a program to the Kids Club at Rippleside School on June ...

This gorgeous and noteworthy book provides a very different view of honey bees and how they live in the wild and offers important lessons for saving the world's ...

Everyone wants to save the bees. But as populations decline every year, we may be saving them to death. Human efforts to breed more of these insects in ...

Those honeybees you've been fretting over are getting native bumblebees sick. A new study shows that viruses infecting domestic honeybees are spreading to ...

Bees are in a world of trouble right now. A few years ago, the US Environmental Protection Agency took some steps to protect the insects by limiting the use of an ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced that it's suspending tracking the plunging honeybee population because of a budget shortfall.

The honeybee population is dwindling—here are big and small ways you can help protect them.

Wisconsin's honey production has been falling for years. In 2018, the state reached a 10-year low, producing 2.3 million pounds of honey — 23 percent less than ...

A recent Trump administration edict slashing federal data collection of honey bee populations was presented as a budget-cutting move. But critics say it has a ...

Nearly 40 percent of bee colonies died last winter, the highest die-off reported to date. Sadly, this isn't an isolated incident: Bee populations have been ...

It's been a particularly terrible summer for bees. Recently, the U.S. EPA announced it is allowing the bee-killing pesticide sulfoxaflor back on the market. And just ...

Honey bees are invaluable to the health of the U.S. agricultural economy — not to mention Americans — as they enable the production of at least 90 ...

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Nicole Miller-Struttmann, a biologist at Webster University and one of the nation's top bee experts, said a recent survey pointing to a dramatic decline in winter ...

Beekeepers across the U.S. lost 40.7% of their honey bee colonies from April 2018 to April 2019, according to preliminary results of the latest annual nationwide ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) - Downtown Roanoke was a-buzz with activity Monday morning. Eyes toward the sky, spectators watched as a large bee hive was cut off ...

The EPA re-approved the use of Sulfoxaflor, a highly effective crop pesticide, despite their own studies proving the chemical is toxic to honey bees.

“The number of honey bee hives in the U.S. dropped from about six million in 1947 to just 2.4 million in 2008, with 2018 being the worst year on record for hive ...

Bees are vanishing at an alarming rate. Not only that, but honeybees are being hit by the Trump administration's budget cuts. This week, the U.S. Department of ...

A survey by Auburn University found that beekeepers have suffered honey bee colony losses. UGA's bee specialists explain what that means for Georgia ...

It seems as though modern times have proven to be constantly evolving at a rapid pace. There are new advancements in technology and methods becoming ...

Have you ever gotten bad news at your own party? That's something like what happened in the middle of National Pollinator Week—a seven-day celebration of ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture temporarily suspended data collection for its Honey Bee Colonies report, citing fiscal cuts as a number of other research ...

If you find yourself sipping a cold brew with a piece of watermelon in your hand this summer, you can thank the bees for making that snack possible.

The Environmental Protection Agency has dropped restrictions on the use of a powerful pesticide known to be particularly lethal to honeybees for some 190 ...

When I heard my friend was becoming a beekeeper I quickly volunteered my 2.5 acre mini farm as a spot for the bees. We had just moved there a year ago ...

FIU Magazine: You founded the beekeeping business Palm Pike Apiary in South Florida. How did you catch the bee “bug”? Tasha Trujillo: I was an FIU student.

Bee keepers have raised concern about the growing number of plundered hives and unregistered bee removals.

Q: What can I do about honey bees that swarm my hummingbird feeder? It's gotten so bad I had to take it down.

The collapse of honeybee colonies due to climate change and the use of insecticides threatens to ruin another year of French honey harvests, French ...

PARIS, TN — James Henton has been a beekeeper for almost 10 years in Paris, Tennessee. He says beehives in northwest Tennessee counties are ...

Small farms are a significant part of Michigan's agriculture landscape. From honey bees to dwarf horses, here's a look at a few of them.

More and more companies keep bees – for a good image. But the popularity of beekeepers also has negative consequences. The 250,000 new residents who ...

Warnings of an impending "bee apocalypse" became widespread in 2006, after some commercial beekeepers reported the mass disappearance of worker ...

Bee activists believe that pesticides and insecticide like neonics have contributed to honeybee population decline. On July 9, 2019, Environment North Carolina ...

Is backyard beekeeping for you? Well some 30-40 people at a workshop at Murdoch's Ranch & Home Supply in April were pretty sure it suited them. According ...

Large areas of central and southern Russia have seen a major decline in their bee populations in recent months. The head of the Russian beekeepers' union, ...

The Lompoc Valley Beekeepers Association will celebrate National Honey Bee Day from noon to 3 p.m. Aug. 17 at Flying Goat Cellars Tasting Room, located at ...

Université de Montréal researchers believe the Varroa destructor mite could be a factor in the decline of honey bee populations.

It's commonplace to see chefs dressed in white — white jackets, that is. But it's rare to watch culinarians zip up full-body white beekeeping suits with netted ...

On the heels of the EPA's June approval of a bee-killing pesticide, the White House said it would stop collecting data on declining honey bee ...

You may not think honeybees and hospitals have anything in common...

The U.K. promotion featuring the 'Beezza' launches a honey-topped pie and benefits a bee charity.

GlenStar Properties just installed beehives at two of its suburban properties as a sustainability measure.

A timely treatise on the plight of the honeybee Apis mellifera grips Gene E. Robinson.

Leigh-Kathryn Bonner, who founded Bee Downtown while at N.C. State University, is The News & Observer's Tar Heel of the Month for June. Her company ...

There's been plenty of debate about the global decline of honey bee colonies in recent years, with experts blaming the deaths on factors such as the use of ...

FARGO, N.D. --The USDA has stopped funding for its annual Honey Bee Colonies report, a move that a local expert says is concerning.

The need for pollination services amid surging almond production means bees are more in demand than ever.

The plight of pollinators has been a common topic among both gardeners and non-gardeners for the last few years. An illegal application of pesticide on Linden ...

Wednesday, July 17: Catch up on what you might have missed today.

A local teenaged beekeeper was the recipient of a national honor for his work.

The Dutch city of Utrecht has transformed 316 of its bus stops into little bee sanctuaries in an effort to improve urban biodiversity.

A surge in almond production in California has increased demand for pollination services — and that has turned honey bees into a sweet target for thieves who ...

AUSTIN, Texas — When Erika Thompson discovered the world of bees, it didn't take her long to instantly become fascinated with them. Within nine years ...

Sure, people know about honeybees. But the imported black-and-yellow bee is just one of the more than 500 bee species flying around Oregon.A state effort ...

ROANOKE, Va. (WSET) — The city of Roanoke is going to be handling a bee problem Monday. Right now, there is a large swarm of honeybees on a building in ...

The pinstripes got visitors bearing different colored stripes.

Germany's Hamburg Airport is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its honey project, over the course of which more than 200,000 honey bees have collected ...

[Music: “Silver Lanyard” by Blue Dot Sessions]. Anne Brice: This is Berkeley Talks, a Berkeley News podcast that features full-length lectures and conversations ...

CoinWeek Ancient Coin Series by Mike Markowitz ..... From the dawn of human society, the nature and origin of the bee have awakened the curiosity.

Honeybee losses in Massachusetts last winter were roughly 40 percent.

The roofs of hundreds of bus stops have been covered in plants as a gift to honeybee, by a city in the Netherlands. Mainly made up of sedum plants, a total of ...

Slathered on toast or stirred into tea, honey is one of life's simple pleasures. It's also just one of a plethora of products you can enjoy thanks to hard-working bees ...

Agricultural Research *Service* (ARS) scientists have taken the first step towards a weapon against the major honey bee parasite Nosema ceranae. There is.

Facing sharp criticism from environmental groups and some media organizations, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has pushed back in responses to ...

Hobbyist bee keeper, Ricky Gieser, talks about bees and pollinators. Check out his Instagram : @slomobugs Listen to the podcast here:…

Honey never spoils. The Buzz About Bees exhibit at Discovery Place Nature highlights the significance of local beekeeping. The four hives located at Discovery ...

A university professor has used the cello to research vibrations made by the pollinating insects.

An initial report announcing “the indefinite suspension” of the annual Honeybee Colonies report was issued by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics ...

BEVERLY (CBS) – It happens here in Beverly, a seaside community that claims to be the birthplace of the United States Navy. It was also the summer White ...

This local business not only sells *fresh* honey; they provide an interactive school for the community to learn about beekeeping and sell goat milk soap.

When Michael Olson first began working as a bee remover and relocator in the Crossroads, swarms of feral bees terrified him.

Honeybees are fun to watch collecting pollen and enabling rich plant growth in the process. Their work is vital to our food crops. Last winter, though, set a ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) – A hive with thousands of bees was found inside a Louisville home. Instead of destroying the insects, one local company saved the ...

AUBURN — A local tree farmer is asking folks to be on the lookout — or rather to look out for bees — after his honeybees swarmed, leaving their hive in a bunch ...

Chemicals used by companies that spray backyards to kill mosquitoes can also kill pollinators. But there are ways to lessen the impact on beneficial insects, ...

By Paul Pickrem Things are buzzing at Brandt's Bees. Jane and Perry Brandt have been selling honey and other honey by-products for 11 years, made from ...

POCATELLO — Beekeepers and Idaho State University maintenance workers removed approximately 30000 bees from the iconic Swanson Arch near The ...

Anna Paquin and Holliday Grainger star in this slightly silly magic-realist adaptation of Fiona Shaw's novel.

A number of wild bumblebee species are in decline, and new research points to a previously unexpected threat to their numbers – diseases spread by domestic ...

BEE CONCERNED: Democrats and environmentalists are sounding the alarm following a decision by the Trump administration to scale back research on bee ...

The number one killer of honeybees is not pesticides, despite expensive marketing campaigns by environmental groups trying to claim that is the case (1), and it ...

Tommy Gilliland has known pain, and these honeybees, well, they're no match for him. On a sweltering Sunday, the 70-year-old retired Knoxville Fire ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) New research from the University of Vermont finds that honeybees may be unintentionally harming Vermont's wild bee populations.

Populations are in decline and the worst honeybee hive loss on record happened last winter. Beekeepers reported to the U.S. Department of Agriculture a 40% ...

Mikaila Ulmer may be just 14 years old, but she knows a thing or two about business. The young CEO founded her Me & the Bees Lemonade business when ...

The ability of honeybees to pass immunity to certain diseases from one bee to another has baffled scientists for years. Now, in a study published in the journal ...

A coalition of students and residents is creating quite a buzz for more bee-friendly habitats in Berkeley. UC Berkeley undergrad Taylor Rein began the push on ...

A pouch made right here in Wisconsin by two area manufacturers is a whole new option for getting ketchup and anything else really out of a package.

A Florida bee keeper humanely removes bees and seasonally sends them to California and Maine to help pollinate crops.

Distance offers perspective, but less so when it is an obsession. Family holidays began to revolve around hiking before I even noticed it: walks led to rivers we ...

Those honeybees you've been fretting over are getting native bumblebees sick. A new study shows that viruses infecting domestic honeybees are spreading to.

Four years after an adverse ruling by a federal appeals court, the EPA approved the insecticide sulfoxaflor for use on a wide variety of crops.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) - It's that time of year to watch out for bee swarms here in Anchorage. A large hive of bees took up a new home inside the wall of ...

Upcoming events at the Dickinson County Library include: Monday — Bow Wows and Books, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Dickinson County Library in Iron Mountain. Kids of.

Dorothea Benton Frank's novels have a way of making readers feel they are listening to a wonderful friend, one who shares her stories. And they're relatable ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)- There's a buzz about bees at the Statehouse. Monday, Governor Eric Holcomb ceremonially signed a law that went into effect last week ...

Beekeepers in New South Wales are hand-feeding their hives as the drought cripples the bees' ability to make honey, with a shortage expected to sting ...