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, ...

TOWNER, N.D. - In the relatively invisible world of commercial honey producers, David Moreland is a newcomer and a rarity - a California almond grower who started his own apiary to pollinate his crops ...

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 hives in the country — were lost between June 2024 and March 2025.

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Andy in Dover asked, "What happened to colony collapse with bees? It seemed like they were ...

Colony collapse disorder (CCD)—the sudden and massive die-off of honeybees—has emerged as one of the most mysterious ecological disasters of the past several years, and one of the most expensive.

Ryan Sabotin, right, who graduated in May with a degree in neuroscience, and Sam Hughes, left, who will be a senior this coming year in computer science and informatics, meet with Carol ...

Park County beekeeper Andrew Bauer, a ranch worker and owner of Hazel’s Honey LLC, a family-owned Paradise Valley apiary, is willing his small business back to life after the worst winter bee losses ...

Bugonia” opens not with action, but with a conversation: two men, Don and Teddy, talking about bees. Teddy explains colony ...

A preliminary tally indicates that almost a third of all of the managed bee colonies in the United States — 31.1 percent — didn't survive the winter. That makes it the fourth-worst winter since 2006.

When the temperatures outside dipped, the honeybees grabbed hold of each other’s legs to form a living quilt along the ...