The change of seasons is a necessary part of ecosystem regulation. With the buzzing activities of humans and insects alike, winter gives us a chance to encourage a natural rhythm. As the first signs ...

Winters can be tough on managed honey bee colonies, with beekeepers in the United States reporting that one-third of their colonies die each winter. A new study by Penn State researchers has found ...

Bees and wasps provide many ecological services, including pollinating and feeding on garden pests such as caterpillars. But now that chilly days have arrived in most of the Southeast, you may wonder ...

I keep mason bees. They sleep in cardboard tubes all winter long. I worry about my little bees until I see them chew out of their nesting tubes in the spring. I talked about how mason bees and all ...

How in the world do bees get fat? Throughout these months, bees only live approximately 45 days; however at this time of the year, the bees that are being laid need to be able to go through the winter ...

AURORA, Ill. -- "To tell you the truth," Scott Robillard says, "we could come out here stark naked right now and we'd probably be fine." Robillard doesn't bother with the jumpsuit over his work ...

SHORELINE — Outfitted in her white bee suit, complete with a round veil covering her face, Marian Breeze meticulously tends to her buzzing honey bees during the warmer weather. From hand-building ...

Autumn gardens play a key role in helping bees survive winter. With nearly 4,000 native bee species in the United States supporting pollination in farms, cities and natural spaces, reliable forage in ...

An estimated 40,000 bees have created quite a buzz at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The bees – rescued from one home in Naperville and another in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood – are now nestled in the ...

While some people argue that an overabundance of managed honey bees is causing native bees to disappear, the evidence doesn’t ...