When she first heard that her environmental design class would be creating and building bee hives, University of Colorado sophomore Aria Dellepiane admits she was stumped. But this semester as she ...

Since the Reverend Lorenzo Langstroth patented the Langstroth hive in October 1852, the exterior design of bee hives has remained boxy and somewhat staid. Bees build some architectural marvels ...

The Open Source Beehives Project aims to lower the barriers to backyard beekeeping with simple, low-cost hive designs. With bees dying by the millions, they need to spread the buzz. Bees have been ...

Traditionally, beehives have been little more than wooden boxes with multiple internal screens upon which bees can deposit honey. The Urban Beehive by Philips is a much more modern, sleek version of ...

Honey bees are under extreme pressure. Beekeepers in the US have been losing and then replacing an average of 40% of their honey bee colonies every year since 2010, a rate that is probably ...

Joseph Caezza keeps bees at his Guilford farm. He uses not only the well known Langstroth hives of common commercial use, but also top bar hives based on African tradition. He has hives of both the ...

A hive of activity underway at the Boys and Girls Club of Harrisburg. “What we want to do here is teach that same [rural] process, in the city – how we can take agricultural systems and adapt them ...

Backyard beekeepers have new options for hive boxes, supplies and even clothing, thanks to a brother/sister team raised in Eugene along with a colleague of theirs from Portland. Bespoke Bee Supply, ...

Marcus Foth receives research funding from the Australian Research Council's Linkage Projects funding scheme, and the Australian Government's Low Income Energy Efficiency Program. He is a member of ...

From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would you like WHYY News to cover? Let us know! The life of a beekeeper can be rewarding, yet challenging. Early mornings often start ...