The honey shelves at the supermarket astonish me now that I keep bees. To make one pound of honey, a colony has to fly 55,000 miles, according to the National Honey Board. A single worker bee produces ...

Funny how some foods bring back memories. Every time I put honey on my oatmeal, I remember — as a child — watching my grandfather do the same. I recently sampled honey from L.R. Rice — a family-owned ...

Honey bees aren’t the only pollinators—and most bees don’t sting! Learn the truth behind five common myths in honor of ...

Honey has been a human food source for over 6,000 years. It was probably referenced first in clay tablet form around 2,100 to 2,000 B.C. There are thought to be around 20,000 species of bees but only ...

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As a beekeeper for 24 years, as well as a Forbes columnist since 1983 and a long-time economic forecaster, I believe Steve Forbes’ comments on honey bees in his May 6 column, Fanning Unfounded Fears ...

To celebrate National Honey Month, the National Honey Board is running a campaign to bring awareness to the importance of honey bees and their role in our ecosystem and global food supply. To ...

Most food relies on bees -- fruit, vegetables, nuts, and plants that animals eat. They’re all pollinated by the hard-working bee. But bees are dying, and their hives are disappearing. No one really ...

Agricultural interests await the decision with trepidation. A ban or broad restrictions would cost billions of dollars annually, force them to employ pesticides that are more difficult to use and more ...

As spring gardening kicks into high gear, bees emerge from hibernation and start moving from flower to flower. These hardworking insects play an essential role pollinating plants, but they’re also ...

Snopes has previously uncovered the costs of mating in the biological world, with some animals essentially spending their whole lives waiting to have sex, and then they die. For female octopuses, ...