Honeybees are important pollinators of many flowering plants. The best time to start a new hive is in the spring. When you’re ready to start beekeeping, you can purchase the bees by mail order. These ...

Bees are essential insects that play a crucial role in pollination, which is vital for the reproduction of many plants and crops. These diligent pollinators help maintain a healthy ecosystem and ...

An unprecedented study integrating data from around the globe has shown that honey bees are the world's most important single species of pollinator in natural ecosystems and a key contributor to ...

The honeybee is becoming an endangered species, with the finger of blame pointing in multiple directions. Wild honeybees are nearly extinct in the UK and from 1985-2005 there was a 53 per cent decline ...

LOGIC SUGGESTS that boutique lip balms, hand creams and shampoos that cost double competitors’ brands would be among the first luxuries jettisoned by strapped shoppers these days. But low-tech Burt’s ...

The buzz about natural products is not just for humans. United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service researchers from the Bee Research Laboratory in Beltsville, Maryland, and ...

Beekeeping is usually about making honey but there is another way of operating with a different goal in mind. Bee sanctuaries are rare and have been described by one operator as "a place that can ...