“Honey is a great incentive,” says Christine Webster, founder of The People’s Bees, which aims to connect people with bees and the natural world through apiculture (beekeeping), education and advocacy ...

There are nearly 4,000 native bee species in the United States, contributing to pollination in agricultural, urban and natural landscapes. Honey bees, however, are not native to the U.S., which has ...

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In Florida, you can keep bees in your backyard. That's a good thing because honey bees are vital to food and wildlife in the state. Despite threats like disease, habitat loss and queen quality issues, ...

Travis and Chiara Bolton's honeybees are true Minnesotans. Able to withstand the state's long, bitterly cold winters, Bolton bees are also "Minnesota nice." For the past three years, the couple has ...

Pennsylvania’s apiary industry, based on honeybees and beekeeping, is worth more than $76 million, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. Much of that value comes in the increased ...

Honey bees, Apis mellifera (A. mellifera), have become synonymous with pollination. Yet, they are not native to North America. European colonists introduced them and are now managed at industrial ...