Honey bees are twice as likely to let in a trespassing insect from another hive if that insect is infected with a deadly virus, according to new research. Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) is a ...

Mice love to take shelter inside beehives. It’s a perfect spot for a mouse; warm and cozy with plenty of honey to eat. However, bees aren’t too keen on invaders, and they have ways of dealing with ...

WEBVTT INSECT-SIZE, SAYS ERIKA TARANTAL. ♪ >> ON A QUIET HILLSIDE, THIS CHEST IS ALIVE WITH ACTIVITY. THIS IS A HIVE, HOME TO 75,000 TO 80,000 HONEYBEES. THEY ARE BUSY AT WORK. >> I TRIED TO HELP ...

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 ...

In this video, we demonstrate how to collect honey from Australian native bees using a honey super. How to remove a honey ...

Summer heat is the norm for many of us. "Hot enough for ya?" is often heard and not really meant to be a question, but more of a statement. Humans have the benefit of stepping inside and getting a ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

Honey bees are under extreme pressure. Beekeepers in the US have been losing and then replacing an average of 40 percent of their honey bee colonies every year since 2010, a rate that is probably ...

Monitoring honey bee hives by hand is passé. The buzz these days is about high-tech sensors inside hives. They help commercial beekeepers keep colonies healthy and allow bees to keep doing their jobs ...

Honey bees are under extreme pressure. Beekeepers in the US have been losing and then replacing an average of 40% of their honey bee colonies every year since 2010, a rate that is probably ...