Apis mellifera, the western honeybee, is big business; the pollination services the bees provide to US agriculture are valued at roughly $14 billion. Unfortunately, bees the world over are suffering ...

Bees are a crucial part of the world’s food production, and keeping them can be a complex, interesting and rewarding hobby. Watching bees busily combing flowers and plants for pollen to convert to ...

In the beekeeping world it is common to harvest the honey in the fall. In natural beekeeping, we try to leave enough honey to sustain the bees to last until spring. However many beekeepers feed sugar ...

HFCS can compromise the ability of honey bees to cope with pesticides and pathogens. Normally, bees feed on their own honey–a potent mix of detoxifying compounds that provide immunity to disease.

Honeybees that live off the same sweetener found in soft drinks could be more vulnerable to the microbial enemies and pesticides believed to be linked to catastrophic collapse of honeybee colonies ...

Tampa Bay's top workplaces aren't necessarily all business. Some have quirky pasts that will make you chuckle — one even has had its products used in space. So here's a round-up of the most ...

Not really, only 3 neonicotinoids out of 7 or so, and only for specific crops and applications, and only for 2 years at most. Given the high half life of some of these substances, crop rotation ...