Use untreated wood, bark, and mulch to create shelter. Avoid chemicals and treated materials, which can harm pollinators. Layering mulch or leaves near plants helps keep the ground insulated for ...

In this video, I show you what it took to safely remove a basketball-sized beehive from a huge tree in my yard. The process ...

I tackled a tricky beehive removal from high up in a huge backyard tree. Despite the hive being small, I had to navigate ...

The My Backyard Habitat column first appeared in The Newtown Bee three years ago this month with our inaugural article, “Why ...

For Lauren Anderson, what began as a love for teaching and science has blossomed into a movement of sustainability and ...

Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average lifespan of bees is about two weeks. And ...

Honey is typically harvested in North Jersey in summer. There can be as many as 60,000 honeybees in a single colony. Backyard beekeepers sell their honey online, in stores and at farmers markets. Like ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX/Gray News) – A family in Texas said a swarm of bees attacked their backyard chickens, killing all nine of them “within minutes.” On Monday, the Stavinoha family was left in shock ...