A deadly parasite that infests beehives and kills honey bees has spread through regional Victoria. Varroa mites have been detected in beehives throughout the Gippsland region, putting apiarists on ...

Honeybees have never been in danger of extinction. But scientists are finding that they can accelerate the demise of native ...

For decades, beekeepers have fought a tiny parasite called Varroa destructor, which has devastated honey-bee colonies around the world. But an even deadlier mite, Tropilaelaps mercedesae – or “tropi” ...

Mitzvah Garden KC in the Kansas City area lost most of its honeybee colonies this year. Beekeeper Robert Burns suspects it's due to pesticide exposure and recent dry weather that impacted the bees' ...

Honeybee colonies vital to California’s agriculture are collapsing, driven by parasitic mites, pesticides, and poor nutrition. With massive bee losses reported, lawmakers are advancing a bill to fund ...

FRESNO, Calif. - Northern California scientists say they have found a possible explanation for a honey bee die-off that has decimated hives around the world: A parasitic fly that hijacks the bees' ...

Farhad Maleki receives funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. Alberta Innovate. He is affiliated with McGill University, where he serves as an adjunct Assistant ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — For more than 20 years, Beekeeper Bob Faulkner, owner of Syracuse Honey, has been helping people set up their own bee colonies in their backyards. “I help people get started every ...

Did you know that honey bees are not native to the United States?

Three years ago, a small lab just a short drive off campus sat empty. The Dyce Lab for Honey Bee Studies, originally built in 1968, was facing demolition or sale. It had been closed for two years and ...