Europe's bee population is dying. The number of pollinator species threatened by extinction is increasing each year, and human activity is the main cause.

Those are the alarming findings of a report published by

Does the sound of bees send a shiver down your spine or spark feelings of affection? 

In some parts of Australia there has been an increase numbers of beekeepers in recent years, with lots of people from metropolitan and country areas joining groups, taking courses and working out how to tend a hive in their own backyard.

A beekeeper of 14 years hopes to turn his hobby into a business venture.

Munther Anny has submitted a development application to Wollongong City Council to build an apiary and farm stay accommodation at 24 Denmark Street, Wombarra.

Sandra Ullrich is a beekeeper who approaches the ancient art of apiculture as a mindful pursuit. Honey bees work towards a common goal of sustaining their community while pollinating plants.

Sentinels stand guard around Hobart's ports watching, waiting and collecting pollen.

No, they are not looking for White Walkers; they are keeping watch for bee pests and pest bees.

The sentinels are European honey bees, stationed in hives within 600 metres of ports as

Clarence Native Bees Group enjoyed an eventful and very successful month in March.

The Workshop at the Healing Centre in Victoria Street, Grafton on Saturday March 17 attracted great interest. Like each of the previous workshops held by the Bee Group it was fully booked and people turned away. 

An Afghan schoolgirl has built up a beekeeping business in a country where few women are able to work outside.

An aggressive colony of bees invaded a far east El Paso neighborhood. 

An extractor went out to the home where the bees have for several years to relocate them, but the

Have you ever considered beekeeping as a hobby? Would you enjoy the ticking time-bomb sensation that comes with keeping hundreds of bees under glass inside your home, as opposed to in the backyard or at some other safe distance from your living room? If you answered yes to both of these questions, the BEEcosystem might be for you.

Honey bees are attracted to a fungicide used in agriculture with "unsettling implications" for global food production, a scientist says.

Tests carried out by a team from the University of Illinois showed that bees preferred to collect sugar syrup laced with the fungicide chlorothalonil over sugar syrup alone.