Complicating the situation, beekeepers are trying to work within a large-scale agricultural system, using an insect whose husbandry practices have changed little since the nineteenth century. The ...
Commercial beekeeping operates very differently from the small backyard apiaries many people associate with the practice. Large beekeeping operations often manage thousands of hives that travel across ...
Beekeeper Randy Verhoek makes his living renting bee colonies to farmers around the country whose crops need a boost from the mighty pollinators. Recently, someone stole 300 hives - $90,000 worth - ...
A survey found that commercial beekeepers in the United States reported an average loss of 62% of their bee colonies Getty Honeybees are dying in “alarming” numbers in the United States, according to ...
NEW SMYRNA BEACH — Jesse Azam loaded about 28 million honey bees onto a tractor trailer recently and sent them on their way to California. Commercial beekeepers like Azam are in demand as farmers look ...
Beekeeper Wes Hull points a smoker toward one of his hives, calming the bees inside by disrupting the pheromones they use to communicate. (Noah Wicks photo) A new report from the California State ...
A new-generation BC beekeeper is modernizing a legacy operation-breeding resilient Canadian stock, using data-driven queen programs, and challenging an import-dependent system.