"To bee or not to bee, that is the question. But there is no question. We must have bees," City Councilman Paul Koretz said. Overturning a 136-year-old ban, the Los Angeles City Council voted on ...

LA MESA, Calif. — Between climate change, pesticides, and habitat loss, the honeybee population around the world has collapsed. But many are stepping up to give the bees a place to land as backyard ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Backyard beekeepers play a critical role in maintaining a thriving pollinator population, and two Mississippi State scientists in the Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, ...

What started as a niche class for Central Texas hobbyists has grown into a statewide movement to support and educate a new generation of beekeepers. With backyard hives on the rise and a growing need ...

To be or not to be a beekeeper: That is the question that may be answered Jan. 18 when expert Jay Martin takes part in Backyard Brouhaha, a daylong symposium about turning your property into a habitat ...

Beekeeper Mike Powers got stung last month by an Orange County code-enforcement order which deemed his well-kept Orlando-area home to be “unfit for human occupancy.” The reason? His backyard bees. And ...

Like many local honey purveyors, Chris Crabtree is not a professional beekeeper. He finds time outside of his stressful 9-to-5 to check in on his seven hives — two at his home in Chatham, more at ...