Where would we be (!) without bees? Bees are irreplaceable in our food chain. One out of every three bites of food that we eat have been made possible by bees’ activities – nuts, fruit, and vegetables ...

Bees are essential insects that play a crucial role in pollination, which is vital for the reproduction of many plants and crops. These diligent pollinators help maintain a healthy ecosystem and ...

Wisconsin farmers depend on bees for many crops to be productive, and here’s the buzz: Two new studies from Purdue University reveal assaults on bee health and a first-ever survey on honeybee colony ...

A serious honey bee mite has been discovered at a bee farm in Hawaii. Varroa mites were detected on bees in three of the abandoned hives and reported to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture. The ...

Wu-Smart, who educates beekeepers across the Midwest, said there are multiple threats to bee colonies. One of the biggest is ...

Patrick O'Connor receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Agrifutures Australia and State Governments. A tiny parasitic mite that lives on the European honeybee (Apis mellifera) has ...

Tests with fake bee larvae reveal that a “vampire” mite attacking honeybees may not be so much a bloodsucker as a fat slurper. The ominously named Varroa destructor mite invaded North America in the ...

The Varroa mite might be the main cause of honeybee dieoffs recently but other human-caused environmental factors are also at ...

Sabrina Rondeau received funding from the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC), the Eastern Apicultural Society (EAS), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada ...

Jonathan Garaas has learned a few things in three seasons of backyard beekeeping: Bees are fascinating. They're complicated. And keeping them alive is not easy. Every two weeks, the Fargo, N.D., ...