The change of seasons is a necessary part of ecosystem regulation. With the buzzing activities of humans and insects alike, winter gives us a chance to encourage a natural rhythm. As the first signs ...

Where do they go? How do they survive winter – or do they survive at all? The answer varies and actually depends on the bees’ social lives. From social honeybees to solitary carpenter bees, the way ...

A honey bee in Mettler, Calif. (photo: Department of Water Resources) The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service reported winter honey bees have a higher resistance to ...

Winter honey bees, compared to newly emerged summer bees, have a better ability to withstand the harmful effects of a widely-used insecticide in pest management, according to a recent study published ...

I keep mason bees. They sleep in cardboard tubes all winter long. I worry about my little bees until I see them chew out of their nesting tubes in the spring. I talked about how mason bees and all ...

As the vibrant colors of summer and autumn fade from our gardens, it’s easy to assume that all outdoor life has gone dormant. But on milder winter days, you might be surprised to see a fuzzy bumblebee ...

A mild winter is bringing out the bees. We took a look at why hives are swarming sooner than expected and how you can get them to buzz off. We took a closer look into this year's swarming season and ...

Winters can be tough on managed honey bee colonies, with beekeepers in the United States reporting that one-third of their colonies die each winter. A new study has found that using not one but ...

SOUTH JORDAN — After a massive fire destroyed a honey factory and left an American Fork beekeeper without a home for his bees, a local expert shared insight about how to care for bees during the ...

Bees and wasps provide many ecological services, including pollinating and feeding on garden pests such as caterpillars. But now that chilly days have arrived in most of the Southeast, you may wonder ...