We don’t give bees much thought unless they’re terrorizing us at a picnic, but they’re exquisitely complex creatures. Nature and Science reported last week that the genome of the honeybee has been ...

Chicago beekeeper Leonard Rau has 250 hives containing some 100,000 bees. "Live from The Hive" is what Leonard Rau, owner of The Hive Supply Company, titles his talks when he teaches groups about his ...

A bee sting is no big deal for Stuart Woronecki of Stonewall Apiary. “I get stung all the time; 10 times a day,” said the Hanover-based beekeeper, who tends to about 350 honeybee colonies in eastern ...