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On a sunny summer afternoon, research associate Casey Johnson, graduate student Julia Vieira and a cadre of other grad and undergrad students are slowly Why saving bees and other winged pollinating insects should be a public priority, and how you can help.

MAYA ATHERLY-LARSEN: Hey there busy bees! I’m Maya Atherly-Larsen, your host from the Minnesota Daily, and you’re tuning into In The Know, the podcast that brings you all the latest on the University of Minnesota. You guys hear that? You better bee-leive we are talking about bees! The UMN Bee Laboratory, nestled within CFANS, is...

A beekeeping course at a minimum security prison in Faribault, Minn., is setting up a potential career path for some inmates. The training includes an outdoor classroom where inmates take care of bees — but the bees are also taking care of the inmates.

Honey bees prefer to live in green areas like gardens, orchards or woodlands. But one of the largest bee labs in the country is right here in the desert at Arizona State University's Polytechnic campus in Mesa.According to Amelie Strange, a Ph.D. candidate at ASU, beekeepers have a great sense of humor. 

Researchers are looking at a long-term solution: develop bees that can fend off Varroa themselves.

The much-needed rain this week softened the ground just enough to plant three garden plots at the Putnam County Fairgrounds. These garden plots are part of a Plant by Numbers

The National Weather Service is predicting normal precipitation this summer, so mosquito numbers could continue to rise.

Bees are busy collecting pollen and nectar to feed their young – all while pollinating a wide number of trees, shrubs, and flowers. Did you know that most pollination occurs

An expert in bee virology, Carol Fassbinder-Orth travels to some of the world's most distant islands to find some of Earth's healthiest bees.

On Earth Day, which is Saturday, April 22, the JSU Field School will host their Earthfest 2023 celebration at the JSU Little River Canyon Center.