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I’ve been bugged lately. No, not in an attitude of mind. Literally. Bugs and crawly things keep interrupting my enjoyment of life, in the middle of wi...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Winters can be tough on managed honey bee colonies, with beekeepers in the United States reporting that one-third of their colonies ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — While a beekeeper puffing clouds of carbon dioxide into a hive to calm the insects is a familiar image to many, less is known about ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding was joined by the dean of Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences to highlight nearly $1...

CARLISLE (AP) — Nearly 60,000 bees have been stolen from a grocery store company's field in Pennsylvania, the company said. The bees were said to be s...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State-led team of researchers will use a newly awarded $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Inst...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A ground-nesting bee family — commonly known as miner bees — could play a heightened role in rebuilding black cherry populations in ...

HARRISBURG (TNS) — As a gauge against the ongoing decline of bee populations, the Penn State Extension Master Gardeners are helping to create Pennsylv...

NORWICH TOWNSHIP — The McKean County Master Gardeners invite the public to visit their gardens and meadow area at the Donald J. Comes Natural Resource...

BEES: The decline of bees and other pollinator populations threatens our global food security. Pollinators contribute to ecosystem health and a sustai...

REMOVING WASPS: When social wasps pose a danger to their human neighbors, simple measures are available to reduce risk. Typically, bees or wasps becom...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A Penn State-led research team has received a nearly $950,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to create the next generation of ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — Without pollinators such as bees and butterflies, the world’s food supply would be reduced drastically, threatening the survival of ...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A grant of more than $1 million from the National Science Foundation will support a researcher in Penn State’s College of Agricultur...

UNIVERSITY PARK — A study documenting bees that are reported to occur in Pennsylvania has found the presence of 437 species, including 49 never before...

UNIVERSITY PARK — An eight-part webinar series developed by Penn State Extension aims to teach people all about bees, discussing topics as diverse as ...

The buzz about honey bees is that their population is still in danger. Recent data from the Bee Informed Partnership shows honey bee populations conti...

BEES : Today is National Honey Bee Day. In the world today, there are 19,000 different species of bees, and they are responsible for pollinating 30% o...

The annual School Street Elementary National Geographic Bee was held on Jan. 24, with the winner determined after 32 questions. The first place winner...

On Wednesday, North Central PA Beekeepers Association sponsored three mini seminars designed to help people learn to take better care of local bee pop...