Hello Mid-Ohio Valley Farmers and Gardeners! Thank goodness for the recent rains we have received. Many areas in the Valley are still very dry. Many livestock farmers are feeding hay but pastures will ...

High heat and heavy metals dampen a bumblebee’s trademark buzz, threatening pollen release and colony chatter. Tiny sensors captured up-to-400-hertz tremors that falter under environmental stress, ...

Volunteers are needed to help compile what’s known as Iowa’s Bumble Bee Atlas, an effort to gauge the state’s populations of the vital pollinators. Stephanie Shepherd, a wildlife diversity biologist ...

When a bumble bee emerges from torpor, it repeatedly rubs its arms over its head and flexes its abdomen. It’s a half-stretch, half-dance move that warms the bee up and out of the state of decreased ...

Time to buzz your way to the Chesterfield Bee Festival this fall, allowing attendees to learn more about how bees fit into the ecosystem.

A recent NC State study shows bees heat up when carrying pollen, raising new questions about how climate change-related temperature increases could impact vital pollinator populations. As Triangle ...

In case you didn’t know, since 2020, February has been designated Winter Honey month in Virginia, a fact perhaps not well advertised outside of the beekeeper community. In this session of the Virginia ...

INDIANOLA, IOWA (KWWL) -- Jason Foley, an Iowa Native, decided it was time to make the switch to become a fulltime honey beekeeper and says he stays very busy. Foley said, "Every moment that I wasn't ...