From June 2024 through February 2025, U.S. beekeepers suffered their worst winter losses in more than a decade, with ...

A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such ...

Weather, pesticides and parasites batter local bees; Dan Keesee works to bolster hives as Illinois losses surge, risking ...

Rollie Hannan Jr. has been beekeeping for more than three decades, building Honey Meadows Farm in Southbury into one of Connecticut's largest commercial apiaries, with more than 400 hives. But he has ...

Hive inspections are vital for a happy and healthy bee colony year round, but especially during the winter months. Beekeepers ...

While the use of synthetic chemicals and antibiotics can be effective in the short term to suppress pests like the Varroa ...

How to all-in-one worm, mite, and lice treatment for chickens and quail. Update: For those who wish to read more in-depth about mite and lice treatment on chickens and other poultry I have written a ...

Q I am a 29-year-old woman, and I am concerned that I might have mites in my areola. I found one when I tried to squeeze what I thought was a whitehead and saw a demodex mite come out. I went to my ...

After the heartbreak of seeing their bees euthanised following the detection of varroa mite in sentinel hives at the Port of Newcastle in June 2022, local beekeepers are buzzing with joy with their ...