The chicks stuck for a business name and the bees became the business, Two Chicks Apiary. Jen Renfro and Sarah Mueller, from ...

Beekeeping has always carried a quiet social value. Long before honey became a specialty product on market shelves, bees were part of the relationship between people, food, gardens, and the wider ...

“Honey is a great incentive,” says Christine Webster, founder of The People’s Bees, which aims to connect people with bees and the natural world through apiculture (beekeeping), education and advocacy ...

The rising popularity of urban beekeeping has raised concerns about honeybee well-being and the impact they might have on ...

There are nearly 4,000 native bee species in the United States, contributing to pollination in agricultural, urban and natural landscapes. Honey bees, however, are not native to the U.S., which has ...

Farmers and avid backyard gardeners alike arrived at IFA Country Store in Cortez early Tuesday morning, eager to pick up ...

In a California beekeeping program, a colony of 12,000 bees offers lessons in observation, safety and care.

Honey bees, Apis mellifera (A. mellifera), have become synonymous with pollination. Yet, they are not native to North America. European colonists introduced them and are now managed at industrial ...

In Florida, you can keep bees in your backyard. That's a good thing because honey bees are vital to food and wildlife in the state. Despite threats like disease, habitat loss and queen quality issues, ...