The fat bees are back, as are the tiny holes they love to drill in decks and porches. Carpenter bees (not to be confused with bumblebees or honeybees) are large bees with shiny, black tail sections.

Whether your hive is rousing after winter or you're setting up new hives with fresh bees, you need a plan. Northeastern Kansas Beekeepers Association board member Becky Tipton will put you on-track ...

Spring has begun to show its face in South Carolina, filling yards again with life, including the buzzing of bees. However, when you think of bees, it’s probably about swarms of them in hives above ...

THE BEST IN YEARS.### THE BEE INDUSTRY... WORKING TO RECOVER FROM THIS YEAR'S STORMS... COLD... WET... CONDITIONS HINDERING POLLINATION OF VARIOUS CROPS... <"THERE ...

While it is true that dandelions are helpful to bees in the earlier months of spring, there are other pollinating plants that are more nutritionally beneficial to the insects. In essence, bees don't ...

It has been a great spring to be a honey bee. For two months it seemed like the whole world was blooming. Cleveland pear trees, red buds, forsythia, tulips, crocus, daffodils, dogwood, hyacinth, ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – Thyra McKelvie holds a blue box laden with small cocoons and tiny, sluggish blue orchard mason bees waking up from their time in refrigeration. They're moving slowly now, but soon ...

An image of a mining bee, also referred to as a ground bee. screenshot Courtesy of the Missouri Department of Conservation Spring has begun to show its face in South Carolina, filling yards again with ...