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A class aimed at helping aspiring beekeepers get started will be held in Rigby next week. The “Beginning Beekeeping Class” is ...

Researchers put a sensor at the entrance of beehives to register each time the pollinators entered or exited, and how long ...

The Full Weekend: Beekeeping for Beginners is a cost of $350/person and runs on Feb. 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Or, if you'e looking for an introduction to using bee products, check out the ...

Scientists are using tiny QR codes to track honey bee movements and gather groundbreaking insights into their foraging habits. By monitoring thousands of bees, researchers have discovered that while ...

Whatever they are doing, bees take their jobs seriously, be it pollinating plants or nursing their young. They protect their ...

Mourners dressed in beekeeping suits and holding lit smokers formed a ‘guard of honour’ at the funeral of Barrie Powell, a ...

Scientists have used tracking devices to start solving the mystery of how far bees travel from the hive in search of pollen.

Discover fascinating insights into the behavior of honey bees. A new study reveals how far they travel to forage and how long ...

Scientists unfold the secret lives of bees using QR codes. Here's all the secrets they found.

Scientists glued teeny tiny QR codes, that are smaller than a pinky nail, to the backs of young bees to figure out how much time the pollinators spend buzzing outside their hives, collecting pollen ...