The Varroa destructor, a parasitic mite that threatens populations of honey bees worldwide, has long been thought to feed on blood like many of its mite and tick cousins. Findings of new research, ...

Honey bee colonies around the world are at risk from a variety of threats, including pesticides, diseases, poor nutrition and habitat loss. Recent research suggests that one threat stands well above ...

Feeding honey bees a natural diet of pollen makes them significantly more resistant to pesticides than feeding them an artificial diet, according to a team of researchers, who also found that ...

If you want a Bee companion but are unsure how to tame one, we've got everything you need to know in this DDLV guide, including how to feed and approach Sweet Bees, how long it takes to unlock them as ...

IN DNR-Division of Entomology & Plant Pathology Report: Jarred Spokowsky, Nursery Inspector & Compliance Officer, encourages professionals and enthusiast beekeepers to check out the new Honey Bee ...

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK – With a round of 20 new grants, the $500,000 “Feed a Bee” grant program from Bayer has now reached 39 states. Bayer, which has a major operation in RTP and does considerable ...

If you've ever been on the internet, it's virtually impossible to avoid coming across some version of the ultra-cute advice suggesting you give a little spoonful of sugar water to bees who are tired.

Humans were not the first animal to farm. Leafcutter ants, for example, go to great lengths to raise the fungal gardens upon which they feed. So do certain termites. And now, it appears that a ...

Six years ago, Brooklyn beekeeper Cerise Mayo opened her hive and was startled to see red: Her bees were making honey the color of a cherry. As it turns out, the critters had found their way into a ...

Among the many threats to honey bee colonies around the world, one stands alone: the parasitic mite, Varroa destructor. For decades, researchers assumed that varroa mites feed on blood, like many of ...