Last week’s column (March 22, AJ’s Gardening for You) briefly explored the critical importance of honey bees to the foods we rely on for healthy and varied nourishment. Honey bees are the link between ...

In this video, Bee expert Peter and I inspect our new bee hive for the second time since getting them and we catch the queen bee to protect her because the whole hive depends on the Queen's survival.

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

There’s more than one way to save honeybees. Raina Jain has come up with two so far — and she’s still in college. While in high school, the Connecticut native became aware of how critters called ...

If there is one iconic series in history, it is 'Game of Thrones'. The fight for power and the iron throne is excessive.

Our August 2016 issue features a guide to homesteading, including hydroponics, foraging, composting, bee keeping, alpaca herding, and a myriad of other ways to get your hands good and dirty. Maybe the ...

Honey bee colonies are often portrayed as models of stability, yet inside the hive, power can change hands with ruthless efficiency. When workers decide their monarch is no longer fit to lead, they ...

When you think “bee,” you likely picture one species that lives all over the world: the honey bee. And honey bees have queens, a female who lays essentially all of the eggs for the colony. But most ...

New research reveals how viral infections in queen bees disturb colony stability and pinpoints a specific pheromone that may help preserve unity and productivity within hives. It may sound like the ...

They say love is blind, but bees take that literally. For a queen honeybee, the consequences of being inseminated during sex by a drone bee can be downright a-pollen, new research shows. Bee sperm ...

In chess, the queen is the most valuable piece for a player. She’s capable of making any move, which also makes her the most protected after the king. In a bee colony, the queen holds the same rank.