Varroa infestations Varroa mites are tiny parasites that attach to honey bees, feed on their body tissue and transmit viruses throughout the colony. Over the years, these parasites have developed ...
Bees have excellent eyesight, but there's one color they can't detect at all - an important fact to know when you're planning ...
EDGECOMBE COUNTY, North Carolina -- Honey bees are on the decline and that could be a disaster for vegetables and flowers, but a professor is hoping to change that with his new invention. An IT ...
Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist ...
Hummingbird feeders are among the many ways you can attract these tiny birds to your yard and garden. Since homemade hummingbird nectar is easy to make, this is by far the most affordable method, as ...
Candles, lip balm, lotion, dog balm, and lemonade: These are some of the things that can be created from honey. The Iowa Honey Producers Association owns the biggest, longest booth inside the ...
Beekeepers swarmed to the rescue this weekend, saving millions of honeybees after a semi-truck carrying their hives crashed. The truck was hauling 70,000 pounds of beehives when it overturned in a ...
Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Andy in Dover asked, "What happened to colony collapse with bees? It seemed like they were ...
Now, thanks to a kind-hearted Hitchcock couple who saw Johnson's story on KHOU 11, his home is getting a new lease on life. Zack and Emily Kagels, who own a business just down the street, said they ...