(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Beekeeping may seem like a peaceful hobby, but it is essential for the environment and more hands-on than many realize. Bees help pollinate crops and produce local honey. FOX21’s ...

Liz and Kevin Jones inspect a hive on their property in Batavia. They own HappBee Acres Bee Supply and teach beginning beekeepers. Kevin and Liz Jones walk slowly toward one of the brightly colored ...

Community members for the better part of a year have urged the city to update its zoning code after then 9-year-old Nicholas Bard and his family were ordered to relocate their hive.

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, ...

They’re tiny creatures with a big purpose, facing exponential threats. We are talking about the honey bee. At the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary in Newtown, busy bees could be heard buzzing ...

MOORHEAD — Area women will have a chance to learn about backyard beekeeping at an upcoming Minnesota Women in Conservation event. Minnesota Women in Conservation is hosting a presentation about ...

Backyard beekeeping is growing in popularity in Santa Monica, but Vilma Zenelaj, a fourth generation beekeeper from Albania, was way ahead of the buzz. Zenelaj has been beekeeping for years and ...

YORK, Pa. — They’re small, essential and in serious trouble. Bees, the unsung heroes of our food system, are disappearing at an alarming rate. As wild populations dwindle worldwide, a growing number ...

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Hylaeus punctatus, a tiny black bee native to Europe that was recently spotted in Pennsylvania. This story first appeared in PA Local, a weekly newsletter by Spotlight PA taking a fresh, positive look ...