Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Candles, lip balm, lotion, dog balm, and lemonade: These are some of the things that can be created from honey. The Iowa Honey ...

Did you know that the honey bee has been around for millions of years and is the only insect that produces food eaten by man? I just learned that honey is the only food that includes all the ...

“Where have all the flowers, vegetables and fruits gone?” It’s a question we hope never to ask. For many of these plant products to exist, however, we need pollinators such as bees. For several years, ...

Hi Finn, that’s a sweet question! Well, when we talk about “bees”, we’re usually referring to the European honey bee (its scientific name is Apis Mellifera). Humans have been drooling over its honey ...

Autumn is here, and winter is just around the corner. In Iowa, that means cold weather and plenty of snow. People and animals all have different ways of keeping warm. Here are some ways bees prepare ...

Honey bees are some of the most industrious insects on the planet. With pollination, responsible for various crop yields and floral reproduction, they sustain large portions of the food market. Some ...

(WYTV)- This comes to us from a book by Stephen Buchman, “What a Bee Knows: Exploring the Thoughts, Memories, and Personalities of Bees.” Bees are intelligent; they likely feel pain, remember patterns ...

It’s spring again ... time for bees to pollinate flowers. Although bee populations have leveled off during the past few years, we’re still at a nadir historically. In the 1940s, there were 6 million ...

As spring gardening kicks into high gear, bees emerge from hibernation and start moving from flower to flower. These hardworking insects play an essential role pollinating plants, but they’re also ...