As the vibrant colors of summer and autumn fade from our gardens, it’s easy to assume that all outdoor life has gone dormant.

A mild winter is bringing out the bees. We took a look at why hives are swarming sooner than expected and how you can get them to buzz off. We took a closer look into this year's swarming season and ...

As summer fades and the crisp autumn air settles in, our gardens begin to wind down. But while most of the flowers may be ...

Autumn gardens play a key role in helping bees survive winter. With nearly 4,000 native bee species in the United States supporting pollination in farms, cities and natural spaces, reliable forage in ...

I keep mason bees. They sleep in cardboard tubes all winter long. I worry about my little bees until I see them chew out of their nesting tubes in the spring. I talked about how mason bees and all ...

TWIN FALLS — There are backyard honeybee hobbyists and there are commercial beekeepers. Then there are honeybee enthusiasts whose fascination with bees goes way beyond the call of duty. Israel Bravo ...

Now that the “frost is on the pumpkin” and everywhere else too, we wonder where the honeybees will go when the weather becomes bitter cold. There are many types of bees and different kinds of bees ...

Hive inspections are vital for a happy and healthy bee colony year round, but especially during the winter months. Beekeepers ...

A preliminary tally indicates that almost a third of all of the managed bee colonies in the United States — 31.1 percent — didn't survive the winter. That makes it the fourth-worst winter since 2006.