A new study by entomologists shows that the lifespan for individual honey bees kept in a controlled, laboratory environment is 50% shorter than it was in the 1970s. As the first study to show an ...

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Locally produced honey is flying off the shelves — so much so that many honey producers cannot meet the production demands. “I’m not having problems selling my honey,” beekeeper Dennis Arp said. “I’m ...

Research revealing bees’ ability to synthesise specific nutrients, to support the colonisation of their gut bacteria, offers insights into the symbiotic relationship they have with their gut ...

That is, unless you’re talking to one of Florida's estimated 5,000 registered beekeepers. And those bees they keep? They don't live on some distant property: More than 24,000 hives are registered in ...

South Australian beekeepers are on edge as drought spells havoc to bees' natural food sources, leaving some with no honey or ...