How is honey made? Unlike many other bees, honeybee species don't hibernate in winter. Instead, they stay active in their hives ... their wings over honey comb cells containing nectar and ...

A buzzworthy story is unfolding in Whatcom County, where 250 million bees have escaped after a semi-truck carrying boxes of ...

Beekeeper Scott Svab explains two different methods for splitting honey bee hives, weighing the pros and cons of each.

Their beaks are hooked, which helps them dig into hives to reach bees and honeycomb. The honey buzzard’s eyes ... These grow so close together that they form a protective shell on the bird ...

With anywhere from around 20,000 to 80,000 residents, depending on the season, honey bee colonies are busy places. One queen ...

Just in the way that humans enjoy eating honey, bees create honey to nourish their entire colony, Sánchez-Blanco says. The average beehive houses ... the cell of the honeycomb.

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 ...

His business, Queen & Comb, provides a host-a-hive service as well as retail honey ... beekeeping groups in the state. Because the learning curve for the craft is so steep, many beekeepers form ...