As the growing your own food movement gains momentum, many people are considering keeping bees in their backyard. People who are entertaining this idea have questions about starting this endeavor. One ...

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 ...

Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! Thank goodness for the recent rains we have received. Many areas in the Valley are still very dry. Many livestock farmers are feeding hay but pastures will ...

After an early October freeze, the flowers and plants that bees have relied on all summer for food are dead or dying and now the bees are on a "feeding frenzy." Pinky Reinsch wondered why there seemed ...

Four local horticulture and gardening experts will discuss ways to improve the environment by using one’s backyard beginning at 9:30 a.m. Jan. 18 at the East Bank Regional Library, 4747 W. Napoleon ...

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. -- A Mechanicsville family got quite the shock when they discovered a swarm of bees had taken over a bush in their backyard Friday. Bee experts estimated 12,000 bees were using ...

While backyard and rooftop beehives may be all the buzz in parts of metro Atlanta, the idea apparently isn't honey to the ears of Henry County leaders. A proposal to allow hives for honeybees on ...