Commercial beekeepers saw well over 50% losses this winter. As California prepares for almond season, and for fruits like ...

Researchers found that many beekeepers mistime their Varroa mite treatments, leading to higher honey bee colony losses.

Bee hives are familiar ... southern Asia because they are more vulnerable to the pests and diseases that afflict the eastern honey bee (A. cerana), a species native to these areas and which ...

larvae spores found that brood comb honey and adult bees are ... A beekeeping technique used to eliminate disease spores by shaking bees into a new hive without contaminated combs.

European foulbrood (EFB) is a significant bacterial disease affecting honey bee larvae, primarily caused by the bacterium Melissococcus plutonius. This disease poses a serious threat to honey bee ...

An outbreak of the world's deadliest bee parasite, varroa destructor mite, has been found less than 5 kilometres from the ...

Meanwhile the parasitic varroa mite is spreading disease; a bite from these ... which is where very few or no adult honey bees are fund in the hive. This has massive consequences for our food ...

In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee will produce 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey. To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers. In a single ...