Honey bee colonies managed using organic methods were as healthy and productive as those managed in conventional systems, while avoiding the use of synthetic pesticides to control pests and pathogens ...

Don’t let your hive starve. Make a bee syrup recipe with tips for when and how to feed your honeybees. As the days get longer, the weather becomes milder, and the air begins to sweeten with hints of ...

Scientists have unveiled a new food source designed to sustain honey bee colonies indefinitely without natural pollen. Published April 16 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the ...

Bees are a crucial part of the world’s food production, and keeping them can be a complex, interesting and rewarding hobby. Watching bees busily combing flowers and plants for pollen to convert to ...

(Beyond Pesticides, May 25, 2012) Biologists at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD) have discovered that a small dose of the commonly used neonicotinoid crop pesticide imidacloprid turns ...