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, ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – On a cold January day, while others were bundled up and toasty inside, 55 people went out to learn about how to start beehives in their backyards. While it may seem ...

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 ...

In recent years, as urban gardening has become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, backyard beekeeping has gained traction as well. While many people may think of beekeeping as a quirky hobby, ...

Jonathan Garaas has learned a few things in three seasons of backyard beekeeping: Bees are fascinating. They're complicated. And keeping them alive is not easy. Every two weeks, the Fargo, N.D., ...

This story appears in the August edition of TBY magazine, inserted into the Monday, Aug. 2 edition of the Southeast Missourian. Seventy-eight-year-old John Yallaly first became interested in ...

With a steady hand, 91-year-old Ray Goldwire presses a jagged knife through rows of honey-filled frames. The wax cracks as ...

Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average lifespan of bees is about two weeks. And ...