Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honey bee pollinates a raspberry bush on June 9 in Whatcom County. About 1.7 million honey bee colonies — nearly 60% of all such ...

One of America’s earliest food crops – almonds – is also one of the most important for commercial beekeepers. Almonds depend on bees for pollination, but the explosive growth of this bumper crop taxes ...

Vermont has long been home to a thriving beekeeping community. From small backyard hives tucked behind farmhouses to larger commercial operations dotting the Champlain Valley, beekeepers here ...

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists hoping to explain widespread declines in wild bumble bee populations have conducted the first long-term genetic study of Nosema bombi, a key fungal pathogen of honey bees ...

BISMARCK, N.D. • A commercial beekeeping supply business has opened in Hettinger. The North Dakota Department of Commerce made the announcement on Thursday, Jan. 13. “As the No. 1 honey producer in ...

Hundreds of flatbed loads of honey bees are trucked into Washington every spring, enabling the production of apples, cherries, pears and berries in the state. The pollinators are estimated to add at ...