Lifting up the hood of a Beewise hive feels more like you're getting ready to examine the engine of a car than visit with a ...

These bee species, often spectacularly beautiful, are important pollinators of many crops and plants, ... One honey bee colony — also called a hive — may have more than 50,000 bees, ...

There’s something beautiful about the simplicity of beekeeping.” Christiansen’s parents were bee­keepers, and today he keeps 30 to 40 hives on his hillside property in L.A.

While techniques for nurturing hives have improved, honey bees remain vulnerable animals. As of a few years ago, nearly 30 percent of commercial honey bees still did not survive the winter months ...

A few stragglers will find their way into the hive. Photo by Gabriele Holtermann. However, according to a nationwide survey by Project Apis — a nonprofit that supports beekeeping science — honey bees ...

Bee & Comb will maintain the hives, but the children will keep the honey for their school, he said. In addition, Avetisyan maintains hives atop a hotel and plans to extend the Host A Hive program ...