Clusters of honey bees move around the hive, which in turn warms the hive. Moisture remains an important concern in the winterization process, for bees inside the hive exude a vapor that has been ...

Bee Haven’s buzzing workers. Photograph by Aaron M. Conway. Anyone who’s read The Secret Life of Bees may have thought fleetingly about setting up a backyard hive. Samantha Gordon took the plunge. Ten ...

The challenges to become a competent keeper of honey bees are many: The queen can die; the genetic stock of the colony can be weak. Mice, skunks and bears can devastate thriving hives. Weather patt… ...

The school teachers, doulas, homeschool moms and urban farmers never expected they would be inspecting 12 honey bee hives at 8:30 a.m. on a hot weekend morning with sweat dripping down their faces.