The fast-spreading parasite, varroa mite, is expected to wipe out half of the ACT's 6,000 bee hives within two years, putting local fruit and vegetable crops at risk. Varroa mites are 1 to 2 ...

In 2024, when Californians voted overwhelmingly to pass Proposition 36, they sent an unmistakable message: It’s time to treat addiction like the public-health and public-safety crisis it is. Voters ...

HATTIESBURG — As the autumn bloom fades and his bees brace for the first cold snap, beekeeper Steven Coy is still reckoning with last winter’s losses, when 62% of his roughly 2,000 honeybee colonies ...

A tiny eight-legged bloodsucker is draining some of the life out of Montana's honeybee business. The creature, sometimes called a vampire mite, has wiped out 30 percent to 40 percent of the bees, ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. EPA registration paves the way for beekeepers to combat a critical threat to pollinator health BOSTON, Sept. 25, 2025 ...

Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average lifespan of bees is about two weeks. And ...

(Beyond Pesticides, August 21, 2025) The presence of Varroa mites in combination with the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid increases the risk of bee mortality and disrupts the larval gut ...

KSU is working to educate beekeepers and experimenting with genetics. Bees are an important part of the ecosystem and essential to growing produce. But a small parasitic mite is putting bees at risk.

A Texas family is in shock after a swarm of bees killed all nine of their chickens in a matter of minutes.Jennifer Stavinoha, the chicken keeper, told KBTX's Jadyn Stack that she received a text from ...