In recent years, as urban gardening has become popular during the COVID-19 pandemic, backyard beekeeping has gained traction as well. While many people may think of beekeeping as a quirky hobby, ...

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – On a cold January day, while others were bundled up and toasty inside, 55 people went out to learn about how to start beehives in their backyards. While it may seem ...

Experts at Waggle & Forage explain why more backyard beekeepers — and bee-friendly gardens — could help protect them.

YORK, Pa. — They’re small, essential and in serious trouble. Bees, the unsung heroes of our food system, are disappearing at an alarming rate. As wild populations dwindle worldwide, a growing number ...

One spring day as beekeeper Bryan Lee went to inspect the beehives in his backyard, there seemed to be a problem. It was the ...

In Florida, you can keep bees in your backyard. That's a good thing because honey bees are vital to food and wildlife in the state. Despite threats like disease, habitat loss and queen quality issues, ...

This story appears in the August edition of TBY magazine, inserted into the Monday, Aug. 2 edition of the Southeast Missourian. Seventy-eight-year-old John Yallaly first became interested in ...

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 ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Kids play outside while their moms keep a watchful eye on them, folks wave at their neighbors as they get home from work and the sound of a lawnmower can be heard somewhere in the ...

Jonathan Garaas has learned a few things in three seasons of backyard beekeeping: Bees are fascinating. They're complicated. And keeping them alive is not easy. Every two weeks, the Fargo, N.D., ...