honeybees

California has a glut of nuts! Over production of almonds has dropped prices and crushed the once-lucrative industry. Now, that’s a buzzkill for Northwest beekeepers.

Almond bloom comes nearly all at once in California — a flush of delicate pale blooms that unfold around Valentine's Day.And beekeeper Bret Adee is…

Two projects launched in April aim to help bees in the Pacific Northwest, at a time when pesticides, parasites and loss of habitat make survival harder…

Northwest beekeepers are applauding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for requiring certain pesticides to carry a clearer warning label. The idea…

Washington State University scientists are developing a sperm bank to capture the biodiversity of honey bees. The hope is to breed stronger pollinators,…

A swarm of factors is causing heavy losses in honey bee colonies. That's the bottom line of a report issued jointly Thursday by the Environmental…

For about seven years, many Western beekeepers have been plagued by unexplained die-offs in their hives. It happened recently to Mark Emrich."I was doing…