Beekeeper Wes Hull points a smoker toward one of his hives, calming the bees inside by disrupting the pheromones they use to communicate. (Noah Wicks photo) Researchers say they may have found an ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Andy in Dover asked, "What happened to colony collapse with bees? It seemed like they were ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honey bee pollinates a raspberry bush on June 9 in Whatcom County. About 1.7 million honey bee colonies — nearly 60% of all such ...

Several insect species, including ants, honeybees and termites, live in highly organized societies, also known as social insect colonies. Insects living in these colonies can take on different roles, ...

Philip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, “a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees.” The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-spoken man who calmly notes ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — New research out of Washington State University finds honey bees are at risk for colony collapse due to longer warmer falls seasons. Researchers blame a warming climate for tricking ...

Colony collapse, in the biological context of eusocial insects such as honey bees, denotes a process in which a previously functional colony undergoes rapid, systemic breakdown of social organization ...

LIVINGSTON — Park County beekeeper Andrew Bauer, a ranch worker and owner of Hazel’s Honey LLC, a family-owned Paradise Valley apiary, is willing his small business back to life after the worst winter ...