I discovered a huge bee colony beneath the floor of a backyard storage shed—these sheds are a magnet for bees because of the ...

Since the Civil War era, most beekeepers, we at The Chronicle included, keep bees in stacked wooden boxes called Langstroth hives. The simple design is named after the Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth ...

Backyard beekeepers have new options for hive boxes, supplies and even clothing, thanks to a brother/sister team raised in Eugene along with a colleague of theirs from Portland. Bespoke Bee Supply, ...

Order Deep Bee Frames 10-Frame Deep Beehive Kit - Replacement Frames For Langstroth Hives, 9-1/8" Length Langstroth Beehive ...

The Sunshine State’s warm winter temperatures keep the bees active, allowing them to continue to forage. So-called “migratory beekeepers” rely on this three-month sojourn to build up their colonies’ ...

When 100-plus stolen beehives were found in an almond orchard in Fresno County, California, detectives arrested the beekeeper tending the hives but struggled to return them to their rightful owners.

WOODLAND, Calif. — For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the United States truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the ...

A tractor-trailer carrying a large load of bee hive boxes caught fire Thursday afternoon along Highway 58 two miles east of General Beale Road, the Kern County Fire Department reported Monday. The ...

WOODLAND, Calif. — For a few frenzied weeks, beekeepers from around the country truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers, who need the insects to pollinate the state’s ...