Staying warm. Once the bees have gone into their hives for the winter, their bodies slow down, and they group together around the queen. According to Wolff, the bees will ensure the queen ...

Victor Croker and Dave Leemhuis struggled to keep their bees alive during winter so they developed a new insulated hive. It's proved so popular among beekeepers that 500 are now being shipped to ...

Bees huddle together in an insulated hive to stay warm during winter months on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media) On a clear December day, a blanket of crunchy snow coats ...

YOU’VE probably heard of backyard chickens in California cities. But backyard beekeeping? Hundreds of Bay Area residents have installed hives in recent years, and the hobby really took off when ...

They say that honeybees are able to return to their hives in winter, but wild bees lack natural shelter and will often search for spots in your garden to hibernate instead.

"I know of guys that had 50 to 100 hives, maybe 300 hives, and they were lucky to come out of the winter and have maybe seven or eight," he said. "They would lose 80 to 90 per cent of their bees ...

This winter was long and harsh, and many bees didn’t make it out of the hive. Some hives didn’t survive or reproduce on schedule. “Swarming is usually winding down by this time and it’s ...