There are roughly 100 million managed western honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies in hives worldwide, with about half in Europe, Africa and western Asia, where the species is native, and the rest in ...

FOREST GROVE, Ore. - Two homeowners realized they needed a bee expert instead of an arborist when they found a bee colony in the tree they planned to cut down on their Forest Grove property. In comes ...

When a felled tree at the home of Cliff Caudill and Rader Hayes revealed a honeybee hive, they got in touch with Maryville beekeeper Howard Kerr in an attempt to save the insects. While Kerr was able ...

ALBANY, Ga. (WALB) — A massive, decades-old bee “super hive” was uncovered in Albany after a tree crashed down, exposing what officials say could be one of the largest colonies they have ever seen.

SEBASTOPOL -- The life of a honey bee these days is not so sweet: nearly 50 percent of them died off last year. Take your pick of reasons: Parasites, pesticides, starvation, global warming. To that, ...

There are between 115,000 and 125,000 beekeepers in the U.S. during any given year. According to the National Honey Board, most of these keep less than 25 hives as a hobby. Commercial beekeepers ...