My husband David’s favorite dinner-party story tells of our first bee expedition. Friends from Maple City, the story goes, had offered us three hives abandoned on their farm by a beekeeper-turned-monk ...

JACKSON, Mo. -- When Grant Gillard enrolled in entomology 222 at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, he thought the class would be the equivalent of basketweaving: an easy distraction from his ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - A Nacogdoches church is hosting free beekeeping lessons to anyone who is interested. Pastor Vasiliy Osadchuck offers started beekeeping when he was 16 in Ukraine and ...

“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 ...

What’s the buzz? Learn all about beekeeping basics and get hands-on experience in this series of workshops, from April 3 through October 11 at Stone Barns Center for Food & Agriculture. Presented in ...

He also said beekeeping was a good way to stay busy during pandemic lockdowns. In addition to working the bees with 46-year-old father Will O’Brien, John said his mother, Jarah O’Brien, uses their wax ...

More than 200,000 bees live in Perry Giardini’s backyard, and it's not about the honey. “I was pretty much indifferent to honey,” Giardini said of when he first started keeping bees 40 years ago. “I ...

ST. MEINRAD, Ind. – Some monks brew beer or cobble shoes. Brother Simon Herrmann keeps bees. The 28-year-old monk took over the St. Meinrad Archabbey’s hive last year when he began his three years as ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Back in 2012, a bill was passed in Texas, giving landowners a tax break for beekeeping. Since then, Texas has become a fast-growing beekeeping state, with the number jumping from ...