Dave Rickling of Dave’s Backyard Bees tends to his beehives on a commercial property in Half Moon Bay. Photo by Seeger Gray. While millions of people experimented with sourdough starters during the ...

Liz and Kevin Jones inspect a hive on their property in Batavia. They own HappBee Acres Bee Supply and teach beginning beekeepers. Kevin and Liz Jones walk slowly toward one of the brightly colored ...

They’re tiny creatures with a big purpose, facing exponential threats. We are talking about the honey bee. At the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary in Newtown, busy bees could be heard buzzing ...

In recent years, as urban gardening has become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, backyard beekeeping has gained traction as well. While many people may think of beekeeping as a quirky hobby, ...

If beekeeping is one of those things you have always wanted to do, but never had time to pursue, maybe now is the time to start learning about this exciting hobby. Keeping honey bees requires planning ...

LA MESA, Calif. — Between climate change, pesticides, and habitat loss, the honeybee population around the world has collapsed. But many are stepping up to give the bees a place to land as backyard ...

Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average lifespan of bees is about two weeks. And ...

Discover how Wild Honey Box grew from backyard beekeeping into one of Texas’ largest honey operations, producing raw local honey while prioritizing bee health, family values and Texas agriculture.

YORK, Pa. — They’re small, essential and in serious trouble. Bees, the unsung heroes of our food system, are disappearing at an alarming rate. As wild populations dwindle worldwide, a growing number ...

Honey is typically harvested in North Jersey in summer. There can be as many as 60,000 honeybees in a single colony. Backyard beekeepers sell their honey online, in stores and at farmers markets. Like ...