The Office of Kentucky Nature Preserves says they’ve already found hundreds of wild bee species midway through a multi-year project to inventory and protect the pollinators native to the state.

In the past year, entomologist Rebecca Masterman says 1.6 million colonies have collapsed across the country. That's about 62% and the largest die-off yet.

“With the rainfall, she either can’t get out or she does get out and then it rains here and she’s not able to make it back to the colony, which for a beekeeper with a large number of hives, that can ...

Tiny but mighty, honey bees play a crucial role in our ecosystems, pollinating various plants and crops. They also support ...

While American beekeepers search for solutions, another, potentially worse threat looms: Tropilaelaps mites, which also hail ...

Beekeepers across the state, the nation’s fifth-largest hub of honey production, worry about significant financial losses.

SEYMOUR (WLUK) -- Honey bees are hard at work in Seymour this summer. Fox Honey Farm is a wholesale supplier for honey and ...

The Danville Farmers Market was abuzz with summertime activity Saturday morning. Vendors were selling locally grown fruits and vegetables both inside and outside the Community Market. Other spots had ...

The way in which honey bees pollinate can also create problems for native plant ecosystems. That’s because honey bees often ...

The problem: While honey bees are extremely important for agricultural activity — like growing food — they’re also pollen ...

Bees are essential to the health of the Earth’s ecosystems, but the populations of many species are dwindling. These ...