AURORA, Ill. -- "To tell you the truth," Scott Robillard says, "we could come out here stark naked right now and we'd probably be fine." Robillard doesn't bother with the jumpsuit over his work ...

Winters can be tough on managed honey bee colonies, with beekeepers in the United States reporting that one-third of their colonies die each winter. A new study has found that using not one but ...

Hibernation is a risky endeavor for many animals, as they can be taken away by the elements or predators. For several months of the year, queen bumblebees enter a dormant state underground called ...

What are the beekeepers doing now? Beekeepers are sampling for mites and treating as appropriate. It is important to keep the mites as low as possible going into winter as these bees must survive ...

BROWN COUNTY, Wis. (WFRV) – Beekeepers work hard throughout the spring and the summer to maintain proper hives, but what happens when the colder months arrive? Storm Team 5’s Nathan Himpsl spoke with ...

Colorado's warm winter is causing bee colonies to break dormancy early, burning through honey stores and raising starvation ...

A man-made food source provided honey bees a nutritious diet at a commercial scale over the course of two winter seasons, ...

AURORA, Ill. (AP) -- ``To tell you the truth,'' Scott Robillard says, ``we could come out here stark naked right now and we'd probably be fine.'' Robillard doesn't bother with the jumpsuit over his ...

An estimated 40,000 bees have created quite a buzz at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The bees – rescued from one home in Naperville and another in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood – are now nestled in the ...