This is a busy time of the year for the commercial beekeepers. The majority of the commercial beekeepers are involved in the ...

I am most frequently asked questions about honey ... bees" because they carry their pollen under their abdomen (notice the picture lower left). Mason bees use mud in nest construction and are active ...

Artificial pollination may be able to help fill this gap. Lisa Wasko DeVetter Lisa Wasko DeVetter checking a hive of bees "Travel can stress honey bees and weaken colonies, but the business of ...

Today the humble honey bee provides us with a significant proportion of the food that we eat, all thanks to its action as a pollinating insect. And a large proportion of the world’s food supply ...

These bees can mostly be found in the eastern US and like other bumble bees, this type of bee helps pollinate different flowers and crops. 'There are 49 species of bumble bee in the US ...

Researchers from several US and Canadian universities looked at seven major fruit, vegetable and nut crops that are dependent on pollination - by wild bees and managed honeybees, which are often ...