There’s an abundance of information available about how to attract hummingbirds to your yard and feeders, but information about how to keep bees away from hummingbird feeders tends to be scarce. The ...

Question: Is there anything I can use to keep ground bees away? I just found out I’m allergic to them last summer. Answer: The majority of native bees are solitary and ground nesting. They are docile, ...

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 ...

It was three in the afternoon and over 30 degrees C, yet despite the heat there was not a drop of sweat on my body. The air was so dry that any perspiration was sucked from my pores before I even felt ...

Here’s how to discourage carpenter bees from making their homes in yours. Fact checked by Khara Scheppmann Gardeners know pollinators are essential, especially those industrious bees buzzing ...

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 ...

Africanized honey bees, often referred to as "killer bees," are now found in 13 states and are slowly spreading northward, attacking people, livestock and pets along the way. Scientists say the bees' ...