I didn't even even know about the practice of taking all of the honey and replacing it with corn syrup. But this is another good reason to support your local beekeepers. You will have to go a a farmer ...

You can also grow specific plants to keep bees attracted to (or repelled by) a specific part of your garden instead. Sugar syrup in your hummingbird feeder is irresistible to nectar-feeding bees. Of ...

HFCS can compromise the ability of honey bees to cope with pesticides and pathogens. Normally, bees feed on their own honey–a potent mix of detoxifying compounds that provide immunity to disease.

Urban beekeeping is a growing trend, but some scientists have worried bees in the city might turn to processed sugars for food. N.C. State researcher Clint Penick was inspired to study urban bee diets ...

Six years ago, Brooklyn beekeeper Cerise Mayo opened her hive and was startled to see red: Her bees were making honey the color of a cherry. As it turns out, the critters had found their way into a ...

Millions of famished bees with their rain-drenched hives in tatters along Hurricane Ian’s path are feeling the kindness of strangers. Five tanker trucks holding 508,000 gallons of syrup was ...

Bees are a crucial part of the world’s food production, and keeping them can be a complex, interesting and rewarding hobby. Watching bees busily combing flowers and plants for pollen to convert to ...

Not really, only 3 neonicotinoids out of 7 or so, and only for specific crops and applications, and only for 2 years at most. Given the high half life of some of these substances, crop rotation ...