Backyard Beekeepers are installing their hives in increasing numbers this year, right in town and all around Sonoma County. Already, reservations have been made for double the amount of bees and hives ...

January gives gardeners a breather with time to ponder what we can do in the new year to better our gardening practices. Last year there were fewer bees in my gardens than in past years, which led to ...

If beekeeping is one of those things you have always wanted to do, but never had time to pursue, maybe now is the time to start learning about this exciting hobby. Keeping honey bees requires planning ...

The eight white boxes in a weedy, fenced-off field behind the big red barn at Eastern Washington University are absolutely crawling with life. Assistant professor Jeni Walke, flanked by undergraduates ...

These results demonstrate that honeybee hive-building does not follow a fixed blueprint, but instead is a flexible process wherein a colony can apply a variety of strategies to adapt to different ...