Over 400 native bee species exist in New York, most of which are solitary ground-nesters. Native bees are vital pollinators, especially for certain fruits and vegetables, using a "buzz pollination" ...

When you think ‘bees,’ you probably think of a neat stack of white hive boxes and the jars of honey on the store shelves. But there’s a lot more to bees than the agricultural staple, the European ...

Beekeeping has always carried a quiet social value. Long before honey became a specialty product on market shelves, bees were part of the relationship between people, food, gardens, and the wider ...

Most people think a pollinator garden requires tearing up their entire lawn, hiring a landscaper, or knowing the Latin names of plants. None of that is true. You can start with a five-by-five-foot ...

Families visited the Soap Lake Library this week for an Earth Day program that turned tin cans, bamboo stems and paper tubes into "bee hotels" — small, handmade shelters designed to ...

The California State Beekeepers Association website also noted a lack of support for the U.S. honey market. Seventy-four ...

Andony Melathopoulos takes a seat and flips on the harsh light to his microscope. He places a bee under the lens and peers through, adjusting the focus for a clear view. Melathopoulos, an associate ...

In this video, we demonstrate how to collect honey from Australian native bees using a honey super. How to remove a honey super from a native beehive and also how to add a honey super to an existing ...