A recent study linking the mysterious disappearance of bees known as colony collapse disorder to a Bayer pesticide is causing a stir. A recent study linking the mysterious disappearance of bees known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honey bee pollinates a raspberry bush on June 9 in Whatcom County. About 1.7 million honey bee colonies — nearly 60% of all such ...

Environmental stressors that push honeybees to begin foraging earlier in life can cause a domino effect on hives, accelerating their sudden collapse, a new study suggests. The study, based on hive ...

The vegetative parts of mushrooms may hold the cure to viruses that kill bees. Honey bees may derive health benefits from the certain parts of mushrooms, giving them a chance to combat viruses that ...

Ryan Sabotin, right, who graduated in May with a degree in neuroscience, and Sam Hughes, left, who will be a senior this coming year in computer science and informatics, meet with Carol ...

Every other Friday, the Outside/In team answers one listener question about the natural world. This week, Andy in Dover asked, "What happened to colony collapse with bees? It seemed like they were ...

Philip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, “a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees.” The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-spoken man who calmly notes ...

Colony Collapse Disorder is a phenomenon where honeybee colonies experience a sudden and significant decline in adult worker bee populations, leaving a queen bee, honey, and immature bees. When it ...

Colony collapse disorder (CCD)—the sudden and massive die-off of honeybees—has emerged as one of the most mysterious ecological disasters of the past several years, and one of the most expensive.

Bees. Nature’s pollinators, honey makers, and wing shakers. They’re one of man’s greatest resources and one of the oldest insects we have exploited. But they are constantly under attack by pests, ...

Some of Oklahoma's beekeepers are encouraged that scientists may be narrowing down their search for the cause of this year's devastating colony collapse disorder. Yet the complete cure-all, they ...