POLLEN and BEEBREAD recently have been at the center of some surprising experimental findings about honey bee nutrition and related health, behavior, and preferences that are shaking up some...

Osmia is the genus of mason bees—but what does the name signify? “Osmia” means “odor” in ancient Greek, and in this case, it refers to the lemony scent used by female masons to mark their...

I wonder whether honey bees pass the time telling stories during the long winter cluster, waggle-dancing their legends of exuberant spring blooms, describing fields of colorful flowers bursting with...

In our area, there is not a lot of work to be done in the apiary during December, although the bees will come out and fly any day that the weather and temperature allow. Unless we experience an...

There is often some good weather left in November between cold snaps, and the bees continue to bring in pollen--maybe too much! Old foragers, worn out after a hard-working life, may fly off at this...

Happy Halloween month! In October, the queens should be slowing down their brood production, but unusually warm weather seems to have encouraged them to keep on laying the full quota of eggs. A drop...