New research conducted by the USDA's Agricultural Research Service finds varroa mites are responsible for recording break ...

Parasites and the stresses caused by commercial beekeeping practices have contributed to the problem, according to Thomas D. Seeley, a retired Cornell University professor who studies the behavior ...

New research from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service sheds light on the causes behind the catastrophic honey bee colony losses reported by commercial beekeepers earlier ...

Bees live in a matriarchal system yet commercial beekeeping is still dominated by men. A WA commercial beekeeper is hoping to sell her business to another woman Commercial beekeeping is a very ...

Roughly 62% of commercial colonies collapsed. Usually, commercial beekeepers’ experience, resources and management practices ...