Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (COLORADO SPRINGS) — Beekeeping may seem like a peaceful hobby, but it is essential for the environment and more hands-on than ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hylaeus punctatus, a tiny black bee native to Europe that was recently spotted in Pennsylvania. This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look ...

In Florida, you can keep bees in your backyard. That's a good thing because honey bees are vital to food and wildlife in the state. Despite threats like disease, habitat loss and queen quality issues, ...

A warm, dry winter in Denver is stressing bee colonies, causing food shortages and hive losses. Beekeepers are closely ...

Hylaeus punctatus, a tiny black bee native to Europe that was recently spotted in Pennsylvania. Courtesy of Lori Weidenhammer An assortment of equipment given to volunteers around Pennsylvania to ...

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