Beekeepers across the state, the nation’s fifth-largest hub of honey production, worry about significant financial losses.

THE aim in this series is to provide a library on the science and practice of bee culture in all its important phases. This first volume is a manual of the anatomy, both gross and minute, and a ...

Washington State University entomologists announced this week that commercial honey bee colony losses are projected to reach between 60% and 70% in 2025.

The abdomen is for digestion (with a 'honey stomach' that can hold a third of the bee's weight in nectar), reproduction (ew) and stinging (with a barb). The barb shoots apitoxin into the victim ...

The way in which honey bees pollinate can also create problems for native plant ecosystems. That’s because honey bees often ...

Though they don't use acoustic levitation, an expert said vibration through thoracic muscles is a "key part of the life of a bee." ...

The honey bee is a simple yet delicious cocktail with a bit of history. In his 1948 book The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Embury explains that "the same drink with Jamaican rum is the Honey ...

Washington State University entomologists announced this week that commercial honey bee colony losses are projected to reach between 60% and 70% in 2025.

Scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have harnessed specially engineered symbiotic honey bee gut bacteria to protect the insects from Varroa mites and deformed wing virus, two key honey ...

More importantly, the honey bee does as much crop pollination as all other bees (around 20,000 species) . Bee hives are familiar. But who has seen a wild-living colony?

The book concludes with chapters on pollination, bee anatomy and 'mental processes'. The Spell of the Honey Bee By W. Eric Kelsey.