(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Beekeeping may seem like a peaceful hobby, but it is essential for the environment and more hands-on than many realize. Bees help pollinate crops and produce local honey. FOX21’s ...

They’re tiny creatures with a big purpose, facing exponential threats. We are talking about the honey bee. At the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary in Newtown, busy bees could be heard buzzing ...

YORK, Pa. — They’re small, essential and in serious trouble. Bees, the unsung heroes of our food system, are disappearing at an alarming rate. As wild populations dwindle worldwide, a growing number ...

Have you ever thought about keeping bees? Ever wanted to have more pollinators on your property? Do you just want to know ...

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 ...

To be or not to be a beekeeper: That is the question that may be answered Jan. 18 when expert Jay Martin takes part in Backyard Brouhaha, a daylong symposium about turning your property into a habitat ...

This story appears in the August edition of TBY magazine, inserted into the Monday, Aug. 2 edition of the Southeast Missourian. Seventy-eight-year-old John Yallaly first became interested in ...

In Florida, you can keep bees in your backyard. That's a good thing because honey bees are vital to food and wildlife in the state. Despite threats like disease, habitat loss and queen quality issues, ...

Jessy O'Keefe runs Seaside Honeybees, a business that installs and manages beehives for clients in Wilmington, NC. Many people are renting beehives to help pollinate their gardens and the surrounding ...

Les Crowder teaches a workshop about rearing queen bees at an event co-sponsored by HoneyLove and OneStrongHive.Les Crowder teaches a workshop about rearing queen bees at an event co-sponsored by ...

Jonathan Garaas has learned a few things in three seasons of backyard beekeeping: Bees are fascinating. They're complicated. And keeping them alive is not easy. Every two weeks, the Fargo, N.D., ...

MOORHEAD — Area women will have a chance to learn about backyard beekeeping at an upcoming Minnesota Women in Conservation event. Minnesota Women in Conservation is hosting a presentation about ...