In a typical spring, Steve Ellis’s hives would have been buzzing with healthy bee colonies, ready for the honey production ...

Honey bees perform a tail-wagging waltz to let others know where nectar is. Now a new study suggests young bees need to learn the steps from more experienced dancers.

In Slovenia and around the world, conservationists try — and mostly fail — to combat the widespread belief that honey bees are in danger.

That substance is honey. All of the bees in a hive benefit from the honey haul, but the job of honey production lies with the female worker bees, according to biologists at Arizona State University.

Something was buzzing in this house. A couple in England got a not-so-sweet surprise when they discovered their home had turned into a beehive. When honey started dripping down the walls of their ...

A truck carrying 70,000 pounds of honey bee hives tipped over in Whatcom County Friday morning. Why that's not as strange as you might think.

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...

When it gets colder, they cluster in the hive, huddling with other bees, eating honey reserves and shivering, which helps keep the bees warm. In the spring, the adult worker bees start flying again.

Honey bee swarming season runs from spring to early summer. Here’s what to do if you have a colony or hive swarm at your property or home.

Wild honey bee colonies outnumber those managed in commercial hives.

People all over the San Fernando Valley are buzzing about The Valley Hive, a one-stop shop in Chatsworth for honey, plants, equipment and beekeeping classes.

Male honey bees will die from heat shock at temperatures above 107 degrees Fahrenheit, ejaculating as they perish.