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 ...

I was called out because a homeowner noticed a few bees slipping into a tiny gap near a pipe. Once I opened the wall, I uncovered a massive hive packed with honeycomb, larvae, and brood. In this video ...

Honey bees are highly social creatures that live in large family groups. Each group or colony is well-organized, with three types of adult bees: a queen, worker bees, and drones. Worker bees are all ...

While honeybees are famously difficult to study, altering natural behaviors if any outside influences are sensed, they’re also incredibly susceptible to colony collapse due to the cold. If hive ...

An innovative new beehive design –launched via an Indiegogo campaign– might just be the solution we need to relieve, or even end, colony collapse disorder in bees. Abandoning chemicals and harnessing ...

MOSCOW, Idaho, Feb. 24 (UPI) --New research suggests bee hives require a certain number of bees to be successful, a threshold or "critical bee size." Under ideal ecological conditions, critical size ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The life of a beekeeper can be rewarding, yet challenging. Early mornings often start ...

As tiny insects, honey bees are consistently underestimated. These little guys are far more complex than most people realize.

“Over the past decade, honeybee health has been in serious decline and the situation is getting dire,” says Dustin Betz, the founder of the Green Towers startup launching their latest living design on ...