ApinewsNews about bees and beekeeping from around the world

Iowa Federal farm investigators are looking at what caused the death of honey bees near Cedar Rapids.

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The queens of bees, ants and wasps that indulge in the most promiscuous and lengthy sex marathons produce the healthiest colonies, a new study reveals.

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A programme to destroy feral bees in an attempt to eliminate the bee varroa mite in Nelson has suffered a setback.

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Lloyd Vosburgh stings people with bees — on purpose.

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Honey has been an ingredient in Jewish life for almost 5,000 years – since the Israelites were slaves in Egypt and God promised to rescue them “and to bring them to a good and spacious land, a land flowing with milk and honey” (Exodus 3:8). This promise kept the Israelites wandering in the desert for 40 years to reach the land that would become Israel.

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The honeybees in an Evanston boy’s back-yard hive have begun to slow down in the cool weather, but a debate over whether the city’s neighborhoods are an appropriate place to keep them is showing no sign of mellowing.

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Nigeria has been described as a country that is endowed with abundance of natural beehives. The Oyo State Chairman of Bee Keepers Association of Nigeria, Mr. Ayodele Salake who made this remark said the development encourages effective participation in bee keeping.

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With Sweet Beginnings, a program focused on providing ex-convicts with work experience and the start of an employment history.

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Though heavy clouds have been crossing West Virginia for the past couple weeks, this summer’s drought has endangered the state’s honey crop.

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On the first day of the Royal Show at Stoneleigh, Bill Turnbull from BBC Breakfast TV, Strictly Come Dancing and the London Marathon opened the British Beekeeping Association new apiary at Stoneleigh.

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