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The time for easy beekeeping is over, experts say.

Officials said Bryce Smith suffered more than 60 bee stings to his face and neck

Apiary review: "Puts novel twists on the worker placement genre"

‘Who’d be a farmer?’ said the exasperated host

The sight of a swarm of wasps, or even just a single wasp, strikes fear into many people’s hearts. Most wasp species aren’t dangerous to humans (unless you’re allergic), but their stings are painful.

The striker is still expected to leave the Bees this summer

Five multiple-choice questions – set by children – to test your knowledge, and a chance to submit your own junior brainteasers for future quizzes

Give me more back-to-nature branding.

Many plants, from crops to carnations, cannot bear fruit or reproduce without bees, beetles, butterflies and other insects to pollinate them. But the population of insect pollinators is dropping in the U.S., due in part to pesticides, climate change, invasive plants and diminished habitats. Rachel Mallinger, assistant professor of entomology…

Some conservation-minded Kenyans are trying to protect threatened mangroves from loggers by hiding beehives in them

Honey owes its long shelf-life to its makers, but it doesn't always last forever.