Colony collapse, in the biological context of eusocial insects such as honey bees, denotes a process in which a previously functional colony undergoes rapid, systemic breakdown of social organization ...

In a matter of hours, a searing January heatwave turned a thriving flying fox camp into a scene of mass death, with more than four in five animals in one colony succumbing as temperatures climbed ...

OMAHA, Nebraska (KETV) -- Honey bees across America are facing a crisis that threatens their very existence. Research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shows that Nebraska is among the ...

Philip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, “a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees.” The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-spoken man who calmly notes ...