Standing in the hot sun with thousands of bees buzzing around him, Geoff Neale is focused and calm. Behind the veil of his bee suit, he is smiling. A beekeeper for 23 years who teaches newcomers ...

The Lackawanna College Environmental Education Center is accepting registrations for the next In-Person Beginner Beekeeping Certificate which will begin April 7, 2022. This is an in-person class that ...

Apr. 12—A newly updated Penn State Extension publication — "Beekeeping Basics" — is aimed at helping individuals become successful beekeepers by learning about honey bee biology and how to manage bee ...

Have you heard the phrase “as busy as a bee”? Bees are known to be very busy creatures who are at least partly responsible for honey, beautiful plants, and delicious fruits and vegetables. Learn all ...

There are between 115,000 and 125,000 beekeepers in the U.S. during any given year. According to the National Honey Board, most of these keep less than 25 hives as a hobby. Commercial beekeepers ...

It turns out the hobby is a great pandemic coping technique. But too many honeybees in the city could also pose an environmental threat. By Hillary Richard In April 2020, during the height of the ...

“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 ...

Efforts to “save the bees” by encouraging urban beekeeping over the past decade may have been good for honeybees, but wild, native bees appear to be paying the price. Researchers in Montreal, Canada, ...