Urban beekeeping is increasing fast, but too many honeybee hives can reduce food, spread disease, and harm wild bees.

Honey bees are responsible for pollinating crops worth more than US$19 billion and for producing about US$385 million in honey a year in the United States. In Australia, honey bee production is a A$92 ...

We enjoy fruits and vegetables, especially from our gardens, but many of them depend on pollinators. About 75% of flowering ...

In white full-body suits with square veils, amid the steady hum of hives and puffs of smoke, beekeepers appear otherworldly. But their daunting work is crucial to maintaining the many global food ...

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David Kuchta, Ph.D. has 10 years of experience in gardening and has read widely in environmental history and the energy transition. An environmental activist since the 1970s, he is also a historian, ...

Robots that can monitor conditions in a hive, do a waggle dance, or even infiltrate the queen’s court could help scientists influence the health of a colony. Something was wrong, but Thomas Schmickl ...

How well do you know your garden bees? - In the run-up to World Bee Day, it’s time to spot these important pollinators.