Big news today out of Virginia. The state has an official state pollinator. It is the European honeybee. A MARTÍNEZ, BYLINE: State Delegate Patrick Hope worked with the Virginia State Beekeepers ...

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Honey bees can be startling, whether they are alone or in a swarm, but Brian Fahey, the board director of the Charleston Area Beekeepers Association, says not to worry ...

Stingless bees are found throughout tropical and subtropical parts of the world and produce significantly less honey than their European honey bee counterparts (Apis mellifera) which are the world's ...

A parasitic Varroa mite is attached to a European honey bee. Varroa mites, which spread diseases, have become widely immune to the most common insecticide used against them. (Courtesy USDA) Scientists ...

I’ll be the first to admit that before I started working at The Kitchn, I had no idea what a “bee sting” dessert entailed.

Native bees cannot be hosts of varroa mite, according to the CSIRO. And while not all native species pollinate agricultural crops, the presence of native wildflowers contributes to higher biodiversity ...

PIRSA says there is a chance the deadly parasite remains in the state where it was detected for the first time earlier this ...

Africanized honey bees, also referred to as "killer bees," are currently found in 13 states and are now slowly spreading northward. These bees are the most aggressive species of bee, as they are ...

With the colonists in Jamestown, Va., the honeybees began a long history of supporting agriculture -- something that’s now recognized in a dozen... The European honey bee is now Virginia's official ...