The cold season can be really hard on bees, which is why they don’t stay in Indiana. In previous years, the Bastins’ bees have gone out to California to help pollinate almonds, along with ...

Area beekeepers are concerned about their beehives in Michigan and Elkhart County. Many are concerned these sprays could potentially harm the honeybees. The chemical being used in Michigan and ...

But there is good news. Across the country and throughout Indiana people are finally starting to heed warnings about declining bee populations and they’re starting to do something about it ...

Central Indiana Land Trust executive director Cliff Chapman says it’s good to have another native species, because for years European bees have been imported to counterbalance declining native ...

He and the crew thought they found the bees’ origin when they discovered a small nest outside the house. However, after removing more siding, they came across the real nest. As the siding was ...

Indiana University researchers identified a microbe that may help protect honey bees against poor nutrition, which can worsen stresses that cause declining populations. The team of researchers ...

Entomologists from Purdue University and Ohio State University recently collaborated to author the Extension publication “Identifying Wild Bees as Pollinators of Indiana’s Specialty Crops.” They said ...

John Schellenberger, president of The Beekeepers of Indiana and a Floyd County commissioner, helped lead the push for this bill and the one passed in 2019. “It’s a commonsense bill ...