A honeybee with an unsettling nickname has been spotted in southeast Alabama.According to the Alabama Department of ...

A type of invasive mite is to blame for much of the decline by spreading viral loads throughout bee colonies. Even while ...

Officials in Alabama say they euthanized a feral swarm of Africanized honeybees, also known as “killer bees,” and precautions ...

According to guidance from the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries and The University of Florida, if you see a ...

Africanized honey bees, often called "killer bees," are now in 13 states, including Mississippi. Know where to find them, how ...

Stefan Berg and his Bavarian colleagues are fighting an almost hopeless battle. The head of the Bavarian Institute for Bee ...

The club received a new hive of Italian Honey Bees in March — the first shipment of bees since a mite infestation killed their previous hive during the COVID-19 lockdown. COURTESY OF COLLEEN RATH ...

The bees were kept inside until late afternoon—just long enough for researchers to observe how wild bees behaved in their absence. “It was a unique experience. Never boring,” Pasquali says.

Italian queens help hives To prevent African bees from taking over hives, Dowdy said, Arizona beekeepers must regularly re-queen their hives with expensive European queens.

Instead, he found dead bees carpeting the grass, the thrumming buzz of his 5-acre property dampened by the death of not hundreds but thousands of Italian honey bees.

A uthorities have launched an investigation. Mattiaccio estimates that about 500,000 Italian honey bees were killed on his five-acre property, amounting to $20,000 in damages.