While most apiarists start beekeeping as a hobby, the practice could offer some family farms a diversified stream of revenue. Jars of sticky, sweet local honey are the obvious way to profit from ...

Beekeeper Randy Verhoek makes his living renting bee colonies to farmers around the country whose crops need a boost from the mighty pollinators. Recently, someone stole 300 hives - $90,000 worth - ...

Complicating the situation, beekeepers are trying to work within a large-scale agricultural system, using an insect whose husbandry practices have changed little since the nineteenth century. The ...

New supplemental feed improves colony health and cuts winter losses for commercial honey bee operations, WSU study confirms ...

Ensuring the health of bees is key to our food security, he said. “One out of every three bites of food that we eat is ...

Beekeeper Wes Hull points a smoker toward one of his hives, calming the bees inside by disrupting the pheromones they use to communicate. (Noah Wicks photo) A new report from the California State ...

NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Jesse Azam loaded about 28 million honey bees onto a tractor trailer recently and sent them on their way to California. Commercial beekeepers like Azam are in demand as farmers look ...

Eighty-seven people gathered at the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Museum on Saturday to learn how to keep bees.

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