Honey bee colonies across the United States are facing record-breaking losses in 2025, with scientists warning the impact could be felt in agricultural production.

Bees are incredibly important to the balance of the Earth's ecosystem, and some species are threatened and at risk of extinction. It's crucial that they are protected and handled properly in the wild ...

Beekeepers across the state, the nation’s fifth-largest hub of honey production, worry about significant financial losses.

Meanwhile, the honey bee colonies continue to shrink, so any threat to colony health exacerbates this issue. In March, Washington State University researchers found that commercial honey bee ...

Honey bee colonies across the United States are facing record-breaking losses in 2025, with scientists warning the impact could be felt in agricultural production. Washington State University ...

Originally a hybrid of the Western honey bee, the Africanized honey bee (AHB), colloquially known as the "killer bee," emerged from an experiment in Brazil in 1956. These bees were bred to thrive ...

“This is unprecedented and a crisis,” said Matt Mulica, facilitator of the Honey Bee Health Coalition. In a typical year, beekeepers might see losses of 15-30%, he said. Most Popular ...

Brevard Backyard Beekeepers are abuzz as they celebrate National Honey Bee Day on Saturday, Aug. 10 with free honey samples, spelling bees and more.

Luis Hernandez, a beekeeper with Frio Country Farms in Davis, shows an empty bee frame from a hive where the bees have died at the Noria bee yard on Feb. 25, 2025.