About 10 years ago, the news was packed with reports about something called colony collapse disorder — a mysterious ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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, ...

A preliminary tally indicates that almost a third of all of the managed bee colonies in the United States — 31.1 percent — didn't survive the winter. That makes it the fourth-worst winter since 2006.

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 ...

Lifting up the hood of a Beewise hive feels more like you’re getting ready to examine the engine of a car than visit with a few thousand pollinators. The unit — dubbed a BeeHome — is an industrial ...

Three times in the past 120 years, honeybees have disappeared for mysterious reasons. Twice since the 1980's, there have been infestations of bee-killing mites. But those episodes have been restricted ...

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 ...

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 ...

Hundreds of flatbed loads of honey bees are trucked into Washington every spring, enabling the production of apples, cherries, pears and berries in the state. The pollinators are estimated to add at ...