Declining bee populations are concerning farmers and researchers alike, and now a program to help bees survive the winter is ...

Insects use different mechanisms to survive the winter. Some species, such as praying mantis, spend the winter as eggs, then hatch in the spring. Others, like woolly bear caterpillars, go into a ...

A man-made food source provided honey bees a nutritious diet at a commercial scale over the course of two winter seasons, ...

If you happened to spot a honey bee buzzing around Spokane this February, you would be forgiven for thinking it too early in the year for their forage. Rather than waiting for a time of year, ...

During a cool fall sunset in North Dakota, forklifts buzz around the base of a flatbed trailer, loading pallets. Their cargo, multicolored boxes that look like filing cabinets, buzzes, too. Each box ...

As the vibrant colors of summer and autumn fade from our gardens, it’s easy to assume that all outdoor life has gone dormant. But on milder winter days, you might be surprised to see a fuzzy bumblebee ...

When the first frost bites and the last of the summer blooms fade away, most gardens fall silent. But just because the temperature drops doesn’t mean your backyard has to turn into a ghost town.

The bees are working very hard to collect all of the pollen they can. Nectar is very scarce at this time of the year, and the pollen will be one of their winter’s food sources. The collection of fall ...

Paul Hirsch, left, and Oliver Petkovski with the hives in winter. On a 15-degree winter day in north Evanston, Oliver Petkovski stood in a backyard, ...

Colorado's warm winter is causing bee colonies to break dormancy early, burning through honey stores and raising starvation ...