One summer day in 2018, Sam Droege lowered his net and scooped up a few small bees buzzing around the blossoms of a chinquapin, a shrubby member of the chestnut tree family. Droege, a wildlife ...

Nearly 300 Wisconsin farms participated in the program last year, providing fresh food to pantries and hunger relief ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

A majority of beekeepers around the country have lost at least half of their honey bees in a mysterious disappearance over ...

Recovered grasslands need more than 75 years of continuous management to regain their biodiversity because specialized pollinators are slow to return. A new finding underscores the importance of ...

Declining bee populations are concerning farmers and researchers alike, and now a program to help bees survive the winter is ...

A nationwide survey of beekeepers has revealed catastrophic honey bee colony losses across the United States between June ...

Brown, of Ralston, is this year’s American Honey Queen. She travels across the country educating the public about honeybees, ...

Kelly and Kevin Parker raise bees on their hobby farm near Perley. (BEHIND) Honeybees cluster on a honeycomb. Red River ...

Beekeepers can look into applying for relief for hive loss through the Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish (ELAP) program through the USDA. When it comes to keeping ...

Some people grow vegetables in their backyard. Some keep chickens and collect the eggs. A class tomorrow in Othello will help folks discover another thing they can grow in their yards: honey. "We've ...

The beekeeping industry has dealt with crippling bee death loss this year, with commercial apiaries losing on average 62% of their bees, while hobbyist beekeepers lost around 50% according to the ...