Volunteers with Idaho’s new master melittologist program train at Deer Flat National Wildlife Refuge near Nampa on Sept. 12. Cataloging Idaho bees will benefit crops and the ecosystem, according to ...

Idaho master melittologist program volunteers Sarah Correll and Kris Ablin-Stone participate in microscope training at the College of Idaho in Caldwell April 5. (Brad Carlson/Capital Press) A ...

This well-illustrated guide captures the beauty, diversity, and engaging world of bees and the native plants that support them. Superbly designed and organized, this is an indispensable source of ...

From young children to the elderly, fierce bee attacks have been reported. Aug. 27, 2011 — -- A errant playground ball hit a beehive in Cocoa Beach, Fla., sending a swarm of angry bees after the ...

Scientists attached radio-frequency identification tags to hundreds of individual honey bees and tracked them for several weeks. The effort yielded two discoveries: Some foraging bees are much busier ...

71-year-old swarmed by 80,000 angry bees. March 8, 2014— -- A 71-year-old California woman, five firemen who came to her rescue and a group of concerned neighbors are all recovering after being ...

Carpenter bees look a little like bumblebees, but that is where the similarities end. Bumblebees do not create their own nests, so they do not cause structural damage. In contrast, carpenter bees bore ...

The female of the species has devil-like black horns, and a taste for extremely rare pollen. But until now, this Australian ...

According to the Nevada Department of Agriculture, bees tend to be the most active from spring to fall when they are colonizing and setting up hives. The swarms are usually not harmful unless ...