Fall is here, and the foraging is not easy. Angry bees are swarming all over me — flying into the mesh covering my face, landing all over the rest of my head-to-ankle, borrowed, brilliant-white bee ...

Where would we be (!) without bees? Bees are irreplaceable in our food chain. One out of every three bites of food that we eat have been made possible by bees’ activities – nuts, fruit, and vegetables ...

From AI-powered mite detection to organic management and advanced feeding solutions, beekeeping is evolving fast to protect colonies and boost honey yields. These innovations help tackle pests, adapt ...

Greg Hunt and Jennifer Tsuruda have narrowed the search for genes that give honeybees behaviors that make them resistant to varroa mites. (Purdue Agricultural Communication photo/Tom Campbell) ...

A new fungus strain bred in a lab could provide a chemical-free method for eradicating mites that kill honey bees. Varroa destructor mites play a large role in Colony Collapse Disorder, which destroys ...

A non-native bee mite is causing the dramatic and sudden collapse of bee colonies across the country, but Penn State researchers believe they have found the combination of factors that triggers colony ...

A breeding experiment resulting in varroa-resistant bees is good news for Waimauku honey centre Bees Online. HortResearch scientists have produced a bee that fights the pest by hindering mite ...