The nectar passes from bee to bee in the colony, mixing with more and more bee saliva. Eventually, when it’s almost honey, a ...

Learn important facts about native bees. Plant your garden with native bees in mind and help these powerful pollinators ...

It takes the bees a few hours in the morning to orient themselves to their new surroundings, where they might stay for two weeks for nectar honey, or two months for silver fir honey. The creatures ...

Asian hornets are threatening the UK’s honey bees ... they like to feed young bee grubs and dismembered adult bee thoraxes to their young, beekeepers say. In the spring, Asian hornet queens ...

Flores' western honey bees, Apis mellifera, had been staying on the farm in Somis for the winter, feeding on the nearby pepper trees and eucalyptus to help get them through to spring. The 150 ...

Varroa mites are tiny, parasitic animals that attack and feed on honey bee colonies ... Eastern Slopes Honey plans to purchase more bees in the spring to increase production for 2025.