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 ...

Sometimes it is necessary to feed honeybees through the winter which can be accomplished by several methods. That is the position we find ourselves in here on Five Feline Farm after two colonies have ...

After an early October freeze, the flowers and plants that bees have relied on all summer for food are dead or dying and now the bees are on a "feeding frenzy." Pinky Reinsch wondered why there seemed ...

Feeding established hives sugar water or high fructose corn syrup is almost never necessary—nor is feeding necessary when creating nucleus hives (nucs). In this article, I hope to convince you that ...

The Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite that threatens populations of honey bees worldwide, has long been thought to feed on blood like many of its mite and tick cousins. Findings of new research, ...

ORANGE GROVE, Texas — Michael Leidner is the owner and operator of South Texas Apiaries in Orange Grove, and has been keeping bees for ten years. Prior to February’s Big Freeze, Leidner has about 100 ...