When I decided to keep a few beehives in my backyard, I knew the idea would probably raise questions. Before ordering the ...

Beekeepers are a little different. Like the musician who opts for a banjo or the biker who chooses a unicycle, they zig where others zag. If that sounds like you, you might consider joining their ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Backyard beekeepers play a critical role in maintaining a thriving pollinator population, and two Mississippi State scientists in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, ...

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Beekeeping has become a steadily growing hobby. Between the promise of sweet, golden honey and the critical role bees play in our ecosystem, there is a lot of reward that can come from starting your ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jessy O'Keefe waved the smoker around as she prepared to inspect the hive, one of nearly half-dozen stored in the backyard of the ...

YORK, Pa. — They’re small, essential and in serious trouble. Bees, the unsung heroes of our food system, are disappearing at an alarming rate. As wild populations dwindle worldwide, a growing number ...

Costa Mesa resident Alberta Mirisciotti has a thing for bees. Her fascination began 13 years ago, when she saw a swarm on her property and had to call someone out to rescue them. Soon after she ...

Backyard beekeeping is growing in popularity in Santa Monica, but Vilma Zenelaj, a fourth generation beekeeper from Albania, was way ahead of the buzz. Zenelaj has been beekeeping for years and ...

Like many local honey purveyors, Chris Crabtree is not a professional beekeeper. He finds time outside of his stressful 9-to-5 to check in on his seven hives — two at his home in Chatham, more at ...

LAKE RIDGE, Va. (7News) — Honeybees first arrived to what is now Virginia in 1622. A shipment from England brought these super pollinators to the United States and now, 400 years later, there are more ...