Apiculture News

Last week was National Pollinators Week, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture to bring attention to how dependent our food chain is on bees and other insects and animals for pollinating our food and ...

Drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike have to cope every day with traffic jams, pollution and even the occasional deer.

They ran into a new obstacle Saturday as thousands of honeybees swarmed around their vehicles.

Turnpike Authority spokesman Joseph Orlando said the swarm came from a beekeeper's beehive that apparently fell beside the highway in Cherry Hill.

The Turnpike Authority was looking for its own beekeeper to deal with the problem.

(This version CORRECTS to spokesman sted spokeswoman.)

Linda Stephens-Urbaniak On Gardening A bug is a bug, is a bug, is a bug, until you discover that the bug is a helper! There are many beneficial insects that rove our gardens, helping us to have an area where ...

By Elizabeth Hames - Comox Valley Record Published: July 17, 2008 6:00 PM Updated: July 17, 2008 7:09 PM Family barbecue after family barbecue, many people have come to view bees as their natural enemy, but a ...

A SWARM of bees attacked a man driving through Chippenham on Wednesday causing him to plough into a pylon.

People always find honeybees fascinating. Insects are interesting. People get into beekeeping, like I did, for two reasons.

Agriculture tends to be heavily dependent on energy for fueling tractors and field equipment, as well as having a heavy reliance on petroleum-based fertilizers and herbicides.

Our most common local stinging insects are bees, including the honeybee and the bumblebee, and wasps, which include yellowjackets, paper wasps and hornets.

The University of Georgia will get a $4.1 million grant to study diseases affecting the bee population, U.S. Agriculture Department Secretary Ed Schafer said.

In light of last week's killer bee headlines, I thought I would reflect and review safety precaution involving all bees.

One person is dead and ten more are in the hospital in Nuevo Laredo after being attacked by a swarm of killer bees.

Tokyo conservationists are using honeybees to fend off crows attacking vulnerable seabirds nesting near the international airport.

A new study from the University of Leicester revealed that bumblebees lose a bit of their buzz when ill, and have a tougher time doing daily tasks like remembering which flowers have the most nectar until they ...

There was a minor infestation of honey bees in downtown Clayton in the early summer of 1991.

Oahu bees are infected with a tiny mite, and if that gets out to the other islands some say it could be a disaster.

Because about 8,000 men and women in the United States are professional entomologists, Lincoln County 4-H offered a day long, hands-on Entomology experience.

You can learn about bees and beekeeping at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the Seymour Library when Heather Hill explains how she and her beekeeper husband, Paul, take care of their bees and make honey near Vallonia.

Myran Sauer, 74, has a problem in his Naperville home. For the past two to three years, a colony of bees has set up residence in the eaves of the house he and his wife have occupied for the past 23 years.

In early June, Germany halted the sale of seven insecticides linked to the deaths of honeybees in 11,500 colonies.

Eddie Garcia CBS 7 News July 10, 2008 Disturbing news out of Pecos, as a horrifying bee attack sends several people to the hospital and kills nearby pets.