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 ...
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How Bees Spend the Winter

The change of seasons is a necessary part of ecosystem regulation. With the buzzing activities of humans and insects alike, winter gives us a chance to encourage a natural rhythm. As the first signs ...
Where do they go? How do they survive winter – or do they survive at all? The answer varies and actually depends on the bees’ social lives. From social honeybees to solitary carpenter bees, the way ...
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 ...
A mild winter is bringing out the bees. We took a look at why hives are swarming sooner than expected and how you can get them to buzz off. We took a closer look into this year's swarming season and ...
Like so many locals, bees head to Denver’s parks and other outdoor spaces in the spring and summer. Then in the cold months, they settle into their own hives, hibernating with the queen in the center, ...
OGDEN, Utah — This year’s winter did wonders for parts of the state in desperate need of water, but many beehives and their keepers are scrambling to make do with the now short season. “If we didn’t ...
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 ...
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 ...
Tune in to FOX 10 Phoenix for the latest news: MESA, Ariz. - Arizona's wet winter may have been a bittersweet one for the honey bee population, according to an Arizona State University researcher.
An estimated 40,000 bees have created quite a buzz at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. The bees – rescued from one home in Naperville and another in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood – are now nestled in the ...
Curious where bees and wasps go in winter? Learn how these buzzing insects survive the cold months and what happens to hives and nests until spring.