Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honey bee pollinates a raspberry bush on June 9 in Whatcom County. About 1.7 million honey bee colonies — nearly 60% of all such ...

Washington State University researchers and students collect samples and perform honey bee colony health assessments in orchards near Modesto, California. A study done in conjunction with the U.S.

Washington State University researchers and students collect samples and perform honey bee colony health assessments in orchards near Modesto, CA. Every year more than 2 million honey bee hives from ...

Lifting up the hood of a Beewise hive feels more like you’re getting ready to examine the engine of a car than visit with a few thousand pollinators. The unit — dubbed a BeeHome — is an industrial ...

FACING A CRISIS THAT THREATENS THEIR EXISTENCE. RESEARCH FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN SHOWS OUR STATE IS AMONG THE HARDEST HIT, LOSING AS MUCH AS 70% OF BEE COLONIES IN THE PAST YEAR. KETV ...

Bees. Nature’s pollinators, honey makers, and wing shakers. They’re one of man’s greatest resources and one of the oldest insects we have exploited. But they are constantly under attack by pests, ...

Hundreds of flatbed loads of honey bees are trucked into Washington every spring, enabling the production of apples, cherries, pears and berries in the state. The pollinators are estimated to add at ...

The famous work ethic of honey bees might spell disaster for these busy crop pollinators as the climate warms, new research indicates. Flying shortens the lives of bees, and worker honey bees will fly ...

Honey bees across America are facing a crisis that threatens their very existence. Research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows that Nebraska is among the hardest-hit states, losing as many ...