The ability to monitor pest populations through eDNA can help beekeepers take proactive measures to prevent the spread of small hive beetles and mitigate their impact on honey bee colonies.

Various pests, including insects, reptiles and mammals, can attack bees and reduce honey production. Some of these are insects, such as termites, hive beetles, weaver ants, bee hornets and wasps.

On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine ...

The varroa mite attacks bee larvae at a young age but a new generation of pesticides can combat it without harming the ...

The varroa mite, which has been in the UK since 1992, can severely weaken bees by feeding on their blood, transmitting ...

John Bachmann is busier than a bee managing the university’s beehives. Officially PNW’s Grounds and Landscape manager, ...

Crabs will also pick off bees if given the chance. Smaller yet are predacious insects like hive beetles, Varroa mites, or beewolves (a type of wasp). These wasps will attack a hive and overpower the ...

On a subzero morning, I clip into skis and head out across my meadow, gliding between desiccated husks of sundial lupine ...

Beehives on Fallen Heights islands yield both honey and wax (as well as bees). You can collect these resources from the yellow-orange hives on some tree trunks. You can then go on to use Waxed ...