New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service sheds light on the causes behind the ...

Honey bees, a critical component of California’s agriculture, face several challenges to survival. Will the Legislature spend ...

As threats like mites become more resistant to pesticides, California honey bees need more human intervention to save their hives.

Part one of a two-part feature on honeybees explores existential threats they face, from climate change to mites and bears.

Roughly 300,000 robot hives are in use across the U.S., scattered across fields of almond, canola, pistachios and other crops ...

Smoky skies are forcing honeybees to hunker down, impacting foraging and potentially reducing honey flow for beekeepers in ...

It’s been a difficult year for the Honey House in Dubois. The bee farm that supports the store, located in Crowheart, lost 67 ...

A Mississippi State University expert says he has no evidence that Africanized honey bees are established in Mississippi ...

With the growing challenges facing honey bee health, Penn State Extension is working to equip beekeepers with science-based resources to help them raise resilient colonies — from beginner ...

Besides the mites, honey bees are threatened by pesticides, habitat loss and a lack of food and nutrition. Each hazard presents its own problems, but the mites in particular have vexed beekeepers.