Colony collapse disorder (CCD)—the sudden and massive die-off of honeybees—has emerged as one of the most mysterious ecological disasters of the past several years, and one of the most expensive.

Bees. Nature’s pollinators, honey makers, and wing shakers. They’re one of man’s greatest resources and one of the oldest insects we have exploited. But they are constantly under attack by pests, ...

Colony Collapse Disorder is not the ‘‘dwindling’’ or slow debilitation that Bromenshenk says he has seen occasionally over the years, sometimes when bees suffer poor nutrition. Colony collapses happen ...

Household and farm pesticides called neonicotinoids may be linked to the deaths of millions of bees, European scientists report. Experts explain why this pesticide may be jeopardizing bee populations ...

After hearing whispering and outcries from commercial beekeepers about their colonies dying sporadically and mysteriously, Project Apis m. — a leading organization in the world of honeybees — ...

(The Texas Tribune) - Since starting their beekeeping business southwest of San Antonio in late 2019, the Wheeler family has aimed to produce about 3,000 bee colonies each year, many of which are used ...

Three times in the past 120 years, honeybees have disappeared for mysterious reasons. Twice since the 1980's, there have been infestations of bee-killing mites. But those episodes have been restricted ...

As researchers have poked further into the mysterious lives of bees, one of the things they’ve learned is they produce oleic acid when they die. That’s a chemical clue to the hive’s bee housekeepers ...