Why Are Honey Bees Important? Pollinators like honey bees are crucial in agriculture, affecting one out of every three bites of food we eat. So it’s important for gardeners to support them. Grow ...

Did you know that the honey bee has been around for millions of years and is the only insect that produces food eaten by man? I just learned that honey is the only food that includes all the ...

The honey shelves at the supermarket astonish me now that I keep bees. To make one pound of honey, a colony has to fly 55,000 miles, according to the National Honey Board. A single worker bee produces ...

Here's a look at the essential roles pollinators play in sustaining life on Earth and what's being done to save them. Much of the plant life, including flowering plants and human food crops, require ...

Honey bees are some of the most industrious insects on the planet. With pollination, responsible for various crop yields and floral reproduction, they sustain large portions of the food market. Some ...

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I can’t even begin to say how cool our Sonoma County bees are. Here are five things you may not know about our apiarian friends: Bees have two pairs of wings, which hook together to form a larger pair ...

Most food relies on bees -- fruit, vegetables, nuts, and plants that animals eat. They’re all pollinated by the hard-working bee. But bees are dying, and their hives are disappearing. No one really ...

It’s spring again ... time for bees to pollinate flowers. Although bee populations have leveled off during the past few years, we’re still at a nadir historically. In the 1940s, there were 6 million ...