During California’s prolonged, wet winter, beekeeper Gene Brandi said he had to spend twice as much money on a sugary syrup to feed his honeybees and keep them alive. That’s because the bees sent to ...

Beekeepers are discovering severe colony losses that could impact food security through inadequate pollination, according to a recent survey and report. Commercial beekeepers nationwide discovered the ...

M.E.A. (“Mea”) McNeil has been tantalized by the lives of bees ever since she tended her first hives on her San Anselmo organic farm 40 years ago. “Those days, we put the bees in a box that we opened ...

The weather is cold so what is happening to the bees? Bees go into the hive in a ball called a cluster. As the temperature goes down, the cluster will get tighter. In our area, the queen and the ...

The California State Beekeepers Association is partnering with a private investigation agency to offer its members protection against hive thefts that have increased 87% over the last decade. Pipkin ...

During California's prolonged, wet winter, beekeeper Gene Brandi said he had to spend twice as much money on a sugary syrup to feed his honeybees and keep them alive. That's because the bees sent to ...