When beekeepers saw widespread honeybee die-offs last year, researchers at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center ...

"It was basically the crown jewel of all the agricultural research of USDA." ...

Texas A&M AgriLife Research study looks at how healthy queens and drones contribute to bee colony resilience in challenging ...

Southern California is home to a flying black-and-yellow treasure. While commercial honeybee hives nationwide are collapsing ...

A group of researchers at the University of Guelph believe they may have found the missing piece of the puzzle to producing ...

The Honey Bee Health Coalition has requested the USDA Agricultural Research Service authorize its scientists to share analysis of what caused “catastrophic losses” of 60% of U.S. honey bee colonies.

Bee-HERO — Sacred Heart University’s Bee Health and Ecology Objective program — was awarded a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation. The grant will allow six undergraduate students to ...

Bee hotels buzz with activity, but is it the right kind? A graduate student at University of Illinois is researching bees and needs help, in the form of donated used bee hotels, from the public to ...

While the exact cause of heightened bee colony losses nationwide is unknown, possible factors include parasites, pathogens, pesticides and poor nutrition. Federal funding cuts to the USDA and research ...

Honey bees play a pivotal role in both global agriculture and ecosystem health, and their associated microbial communities have emerged as critical determinants of bee well‐being. The honey bee ...

A new volunteer-based team is seeking out information on what bees exist in Washington, revealing hundreds of species in the state.

Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. Scientists say the bees' ...