Southern California is home to a flying black-and-yellow treasure. While commercial honeybee hives nationwide are collapsing ...

In Southern California, some honeybees appear to be doing what many others across the country cannot: living with one of ...

A non-native bee mite is causing the dramatic and sudden collapse of bee colonies across the country, but Penn State researchers believe they have found the combination of factors that triggers colony ...

Scientists believe massive honey bee die-offs were caused by alarmingly high levels of viral infections from parasitic Varroa mites — the tiny arachnids had genetic resistance to the most common ...

A tiny pest is continuing to create major challenges for Australian beekeepers, with consumers likely to notice the price of ...

In Southern California’s inland valleys, where colonies stay active year-round and Varroa destructor never gets a winter ...

A unique hybrid honeybee found only in Southern California has demonstrated the ability to survive and fend off deadly Varroa ...

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. – Dennis Arp downshifts his aging flatbed truck and slows to a crawl as he points across a grassy meadow near Mormon Lake. In years past, the field would have been carpeted with ...

Whether you have a small garden in the backyard or hundreds of acres of farmland, there is one creature that keeps them ...

KSU is working to educate beekeepers and experimenting with genetics. Bees are an important part of the ecosystem and essential to growing produce. But a small parasitic mite is putting bees at risk.

When beekeepers saw widespread honeybee die-offs last year, researchers at the USDA Beltsville Agricultural Research Center ...