June brings many colorful flowers to our gardens, with sweet nectar and protein-rich pollen for bees. June can also mark the beginning of the honeyflow in the Pacific Northwest toward the end...

Have you ever started to separate two frames during inspection and found them to be attached by chains of bees, seemingly sticking together as if caught in a web?  As you carefully widen the...

In our area, people often confuse the paper wasp (Polistes) with the yellow jacket (Vespa) and hasten to kill either one that they see, for fear of stinging and of damage to their honey bees. ...

This could be serious. Dry sugar may not be so great for bees after all, in contrast to liquid syrup. A brief summary in the May 2022 issue of American Bee Journal 1 describes the findings of a...

Have you been wondering whether busy honey bees ever sleep? Most foragers sleep at night from 5 to 8 hours after their hard day’s work and occasionally nap briefly on a flower during daylight....