Since California beekeeper Valeri Strachan-Severson started breeding honeybees, she has seen a marked difference in the health of her hives. Her bees are stronger, more hygienic and rarely experience ...

A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight against the parasitic Varroa mite, new research shows. A new breed of honey bees provides a major advance in the global fight ...

Beekeepers lose between 30% and 40% of their colonies annually, mostly to parasites and pathogens. Losses during one bad year in Indiana reached 60%. “The traditional methods of bee breeding have been ...

It’s a sunny June day and I’m standing in a lovely meadow. Birds are singing, flowers are in bloom, and the temptation to lay out a blanket and have a picnic is strong. In fact, if not for the ...

A memorial service was held Thursday for Professor Emeritus Harry Laidlaw Jr., widely known in the scientific community for his pioneering work in bee breeding and bee genetics, who died Sept. 19 in ...

Since its split from the bumble bee 60 million years ago, the honey bee has evolved the highest rate of recombination--the process by which genetic material is physically mixed during sexual ...

When the lightning-sparked Hennessey Fire, part of the LNU Lightning Complex Fire, swept through rural Vacaville, California, in August 2020, queen bee breeder and beekeeper Caroline Yelle thought she ...