An army of experts and citizen scientists devoted to documenting and protecting the country’s native bees is telling us a lot ...

Des Moines Backyard Beekeepers is a group that you can call to collect a swarm if they choose your backyard to build a hive. DART awarded $3.6 million in funding to avoid major service cuts, but ...

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Starting up a beekeeping operation can be daunting, but rewarding — especially when you're enjoying that honey. Here's what ...

At its Feb. 10 meeting, Southfield City Council unanimously voted in favor of amending text in the city’s animal ordinance to ...

March in New England brings the earliest signs of spring. Plants that have been dormant all winter start to wake up and so do ...

The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary is hosting several backyard beekeeping classes, hoping to find new beekeeping ...

Regular readers of this column will know that, in general, I struggle to muster much affection for non-native species, ...

This weekend I noticed a large group of bees flying around in my backyard. My wife was really concerned. However, as a former beekeeper, I knew exactly what was happening. The bees were engaged in ...

Safety. Making your backyard fit for a variety of plants and animals means limiting the use of pesticides and herbicides, whose effects are multiplied as they travel up the food web. Bees Humans are ...