It’s a sunny June day and I’m standing in a lovely meadow. Birds are singing, flowers are in bloom, and the temptation to lay out a blanket and have a picnic is strong. In fact, if not for the ...

Bees are under threat from a species of mite, but beekeepers in Tipperary are breeding bees that can resist the parasite, in … Bees are under threat from a species of mite, but beekeepers in Tipperary ...

Travis and Chiara Bolton's honeybees are true Minnesotans. Able to withstand the state's long, bitterly cold winters, Bolton bees are also "Minnesota nice." For the past three years, the couple has ...

Tasmania's largest apiary has begun artificially inseminating queen bees in a bid to safeguard against the arrival of varroa mite into the island state. A Tasmanian ban on the importation of queen ...

Oxman points out that one million species of organisms are endangered on Earth, and the significant decline in honeybees around the world is the most disturbing. Bees are insects that are deeply ...