Bees. Among the most hardworking and organized insects in the entire world. They are appreciated and loved by doctors for the honey, wax, and propolis they produce - all of which have helped people ...

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

Lifting up the hood of a Beewise hive feels more like you're getting ready to examine the engine of a car than visit with a ...

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

Solitary bees are a diverse group of wild bees that nest alone rather than in hives or colonies like honeybees or bumblebees ...

Hundreds of flatbed loads of honey bees are trucked into Washington every spring, enabling the production of apples, cherries, pears and berries in the state.

Everyone knows how valuable bees are to your garden because they are pollinating your flowers. But they’re not the only ...

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

Assemblymember Rhodesia Ransom, a Stockton Democrat and co-author of a bill to protect bee health, says the measure is critical to safeguarding California jobs and food production.

It is also true that they perform a crucial service in pollinating crops, the value of which is estimated at $7 billion annually. However, this merely underscores the fact that bees are a livestock ...

Killing the mites with pesticides is complex: The mites have grown resistant to some chemicals, so beekeepers have to routinely swap out different pesticides while trying to avoid contaminating the ...