Rain is pelting the cherry orchards at Wunsch Farms on the Old Mission Peninsula. Michal Peterson is wearing a full suit of rain gear. On the back of a flatbed truck are bee hives, stacked two or ...

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — It’s almost time for honey harvest season in Colorado Springs, where beehives can produce up to 110 pounds, and the bees are already hard at work. Honeybees play a critical role ...

When I was a kid one of my favorite books was “Where They Go in Winter” by Margaret Waring Buck. I think I was around 7 years old when it came out. The illustrations and explanations of how a variety ...

SAN JOSE, Calif. -- One man's effort to Build a Better Bay Area is creating quite the buzz. Bryan Godfrey's ten-frame beehive is ready for the upcoming honey bee swarm season. He says watching the ...

My honey bees are busy at work building comb and taking care of the queen that is laying eggs as fast as she can. I haven't checked on hive activity for a couple weeks, since every chance I have had ...

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In many old stories, bees are more than just insects. They’re messengers—tiny intermediaries between the living and the dead. There was once even a custom in Europe and America known as “telling the ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Interlochen Public Radio and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Rain is pelting the cherry orchards at Wunsch Farms on ...