So, what are the new beekeepers learning about their bees? They are learning about festooning, which is when the bees are making wax and filling the hive with the essential wax needed for the hive.

It might feel too risky to get up close to a nest in your yard. Tell the different between a wasp and bee habitat at a glance ...

There are between 115,000 and 125,000 beekeepers in the U.S. during any given year. According to the National Honey Board, most of these keep less than 25 hives as a hobby. Commercial beekeepers ...

A new book follows the insects through rain and shine and highlights the unique behaviors of each bee in a colony ...

From left, Francisco López Jiménez, Orit Peleg and graduate student Richard Terrile inspect the honeycomb in a bee hive. On a hot summer day in Colorado, European honeybees (Apis mellifera L.) buzz ...

Their busy, buzzing business partners pollinate everything from almonds in California to blueberries in Maine, so few people understand the state of American agriculture quite like Florida beekeepers.