New insights into bee movements and life cycles have been uncovered after researchers tracked the insects using tiny QR codes ...

Bee hives are familiar. But who has seen a wild-living colony? Honey bee swarms select large nest cavities, usually in hollow trees or buildings, but are often hard to spot. The average entrance ...

Several hundred bees in rural Pennsylvania and rural New York are sporting tiny QR codes on their backs. More than the latest ...

“The hive sends scouts out, and they go look for a new home. They need a large cavity to move into. “If they find a nice, warm cavity in a wall, floor or ceiling. all those bees will move in ...

To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly ... of 36 mph. Bees possess five eyes. The three ocelli are simple eyes that discern light intensity, while each of the two large compound eyes ...

Between Christmas tree production and livestock fields, the North Carolina Western Bee Keepers also saw a huge impact on lost hives and destroyed ecosystems. Honey bees play a vital role in ...

In the end, piles of sand, bee hotels and honeybee hives won’t help wild bees. Instead, we should be planting more ...

Barriers to organic beekeeping In general, organic beekeeping means that hives are kept free of chemical ... beekeeping in 2010 may be unnecessarily large. That could change with a better, more ...