I keep mason bees. They sleep in cardboard tubes all winter long. I worry about my little bees until I see them chew out of their nesting tubes in the spring. I talked about how mason bees and all ...

Autumn is here, and winter is just around the corner. In Iowa, that means cold weather and plenty of snow. People and animals all have different ways of keeping warm. Here are some ways bees prepare ...

now. I don't pull the frames up at this point. Jamie Beyer has worked with bees for seven years. To me it is all about seeing nature up close and personal During warmer months he harvests an average ...

When people learn I am a beekeeper, they often ask, “What do you do with your bees in the winter?” After 20 years of beekeeping in Fairbanks, Alaska, I have learned that honeybees can survive below ...

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 ...

How in the world do bees get fat? Throughout these months bees only live approximately 45 days; however at this time of the year, the bees that are being laid need to be able to go through the winter ...

OGDEN, Utah — This year’s winter did wonders for parts of the state in desperate need of water, but many beehives and their keepers are scrambling to make do with the now short season. “If we didn’t ...

DESTIN, Fla. (WKRG) — Temperatures are expected to drop Thursday night, Jan. 6 in Northwest Florida. The temperature drop not only affects plants, but animals as well. Honey bees have found a unique ...

SOUTH JORDAN — After a massive fire destroyed a honey factory and left an American Fork beekeeper without a home for his bees, a local expert shared insight about how to care for bees during the ...

AURORA, Ill. -- "To tell you the truth," Scott Robillard says, "we could come out here stark naked right now and we'd probably be fine." Robillard doesn't bother with the jumpsuit over his work ...

During a cool fall sunset in North Dakota, forklifts buzz around the base of a flatbed trailer, loading pallets. Their cargo, multicolored boxes that look like filing cabinets, buzzes, too. Each box ...