STARKVILLE, Miss.—Backyard beekeepers play a critical role in maintaining a thriving pollinator population, and two Mississippi State scientists in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, ...

To be or not to be a beekeeper: That is the question that may be answered Jan. 18 when expert Jay Martin takes part in Backyard Brouhaha, a daylong symposium about turning your property into a habitat ...

Honeybees sometimes enter the hive on the fly, instead of more pedestrian means, crawling in. The airborne bees zip in the narrow entrance, their bodies and wings all but without clearance. Scout bees ...

What started as a niche class for Central Texas hobbyists has grown into a statewide movement to support and educate a new generation of beekeepers. With backyard hives on the rise and a growing need ...

Adding bees - nature's most enthusiastic pollinators - to your backyard can bring a number of benefits. A bee box can encourage pollination, increase your garden yields and give you the chance to ...

Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average lifespan of bees is about two weeks. And ...