m. scutellata) in an effort to improve honey production in Brazil. The ambitious scientist aimed to isolate traits of each species and breed them into a new subspecies, combining the European bees' ...

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...

Our close relationship with bees dates back thousands of years and for good reason. These little miracle workers are a vital part of the environment and the food chain. Today the humble honey bee ...

New research finds that millions upon millions of bees are killed in collisions with cars in the United States annually — posing a major problem for the economy and environment, experts ...

"We used to hate elephants a lot," Kenyan farmer Charity Mwangome says, pausing from her work under the shade of a baobab ...

As the world's native bee populations are declining, crop production requiring pollinators increasingly relies on commercial pollination services. In the U.S., the beekeeping industry is in great ...

But Russian bees are more resistant to it, and backyard beekeepers have had success with them. The problem, says Tarpy, is that Russian honeybees don’t make as much honey as their Italian ...

How hard can it ‘bee’ to look after pollinators? Bees are amazing creatures. Not only do they make tasty honey, but they are also involved in pollinating lots of our food and wild flowers.

(It is not advisable to use brown sugar as it is harder for bees to digest and don’t give bumblebees honey as this can contain pathogens.) 5. Anyone, including you, can help a bee out We can all do ...

But first, we need you to sign in to PBS using one of the services below. BEE GEES: IN OUR OWN TIME is a documentary on the long and illustrious career of the legendary Bee Gees. With hits like ...

"There's about 1.3 million acres of almond trees in California, and each acre requires two honey bee hives for pollination, so that's about 2.6 million honey bee hives every year. They are coming ...