Bees. Nature’s pollinators, honey makers, and wing shakers. They’re one of man’s greatest resources and one of the oldest insects we have exploited. But they are constantly under attack by pests, ...

Lifting up the hood of a Beewise hive feels more like you’re getting ready to examine the engine of a car than visit with a few thousand pollinators. The unit — dubbed a BeeHome — is an industrial ...

The deadliest honey bee die-off in United States history has finally been traced to a single, chilling culprit: virus-laden, miticide-resistant parasitic mites that quietly spread through commercial ...

Philip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, “a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees.” The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-spoken man who calmly notes ...

This week marked the beginning of what’s called “the peaking season” for state lawmakers, and it’s seen some food-safety-related bills moving forward without producing any big trends. The ...

Colony collapse, in the biological context of eusocial insects such as honey bees, denotes a process in which a previously functional colony undergoes rapid, systemic breakdown of social organization ...