Autumn is here, and winter is just around the corner. In Iowa, that means cold weather and plenty of snow. People and animals all have different ways of keeping warm. Here are some ways bees prepare ...

How in the world do bees get fat? Throughout these months bees only live approximately 45 days; however at this time of the year, the bees that are being laid need to be able to go through the winter ...

When people learn I am a beekeeper, they often ask, “What do you do with your bees in the winter?” After 20 years of beekeeping in Fairbanks, Alaska, I have learned that honeybees can survive below ...

What are the beekeepers doing now? Beekeepers are sampling for mites and treating as appropriate. It is important to keep the mites as low as possible going into winter as these bees must survive ...

Angela Tollerson demonstrates the proper procedure for winterizing bee hives for members of the Flathead Valley Beekeepers. (Photo courtesy of Bert Gildart) Angela Tollerson, while Andy Kris watches, ...

I keep mason bees. They sleep in cardboard tubes all winter long. I worry about my little bees until I see them chew out of their nesting tubes in the spring. I talked about how mason bees and all ...

For Lazarus Fields, there’s always something new to learn about bees. “Every hive has their own little temperament,” he said, standing in a buzzing backyard on the northeast border of Colorado Springs ...

Declining bee populations are concerning farmers and researchers alike, and now a program to help bees survive the winter is ...