The Peace Bee Farmer

Prior to the introduction of antibiotics in the 1940s, infections were treated by medicinal folklore. For example, the colonial-era Native ...

Social creatures, such as honey bees and humans, employ elaborate methods of communication. The honey bee evolved senses and behaviors to h...

A hot, dry summer is often the backdrop for a good honey production year. This year’s wet, stormy spring kept farmers out of the fields in ...

Can we see evolution in action? The New York Times reports that a group of evolutionary biologists and geneticists from Harvard University ...

Beekeepers know it is common for bees in different bee yards to have distinct natures. The bees in one yard may be more defensive in behavi...

A new beekeeper preparing for his first harvest asked me about handling the honey. He wanted to know how to tell if the moisture in the hone...

Honey bee colonies produce new queens as they need them through the spring, summer, and fall. The bees make new queens for supersedure, or r...