Local News, News
Jun 16, 2024
UNIVERSITY PARK — Winters can be tough on managed honey bee colonies, with beekeepers in the United States reporting that one-third of their colonies ...
News, PA State News
Aug 20, 2022
MILLERSBURG — The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture was joined by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) and ag...
Aug 02, 2021
BEES: The decline of bees and other pollinator populations threatens our global food security. Pollinators contribute to ecosystem health and a sustai...
Local News
Feb 20, 2021
Honey bees are the essential workers of nature, ensuring that crops are pollinated, not to mention providing humans with sweet, delicious honey. The U...
Local News
Jun 19, 2020
UNIVERSITY PARK — Recent alarming news reports aside, Asian giant hornets — sometimes referred to, hyperbolically, as “murder hornets” — are not an im...
Local News, Online Features
Sep 13, 2019
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...
Local News, News, Online Features
Sep 24, 2018
On Wednesday, North Central PA Beekeepers Association sponsored three mini seminars designed to help people learn to take better care of local bee pop...
Local News, News, Online Features
May 30, 2018
With the growth of spring flowers comes a wave of activity for local honey bees. Not only are bees out foraging on new blossoms; it’s also the time of...
Round the Square
May 23, 2017
GOT BEES?: The North Central PA Beekeepers Association may be able to take them. “It is the Honey Bee Swarm season again,” the association writes. “Be...
Lifestyles, Local News, Local Sports, ...
August 2, 2025
Mast crops are spotty this year, except for acorns. Soft mast, like apples and wild cherries, seems to be minimal to none in most areas. Soft mast blo...
Round the Square
August 2, 2025
EXCITED: It's August — are you getting excited for the fabulous events in McKean County during this back-to-school month? It's Festa Italiana in Bradf...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
Dear Heloise: When hanging up pictures, it is best to drill a pilot hole into the plaster for the nail before hammering it in. If one does not drill a...
Lifestyles
August 2, 2025
DEAR ABBY: I made a terrible mistake moving 2,000 miles across the country to be closer to my grandchildren. In the past, I have always noticed my son...
Local News
August 2, 2025
EMPORIUM — Educational programs are on tap today at Sizerville State Park. Tracks and Traces is set for 3 p.m. at the Environmental Learning Center. H...
National Sports
August 1, 2025
(TNS) — Four years ago, the Pirates eschewed a traditional draft strategy and instead took Henry Davis No. 1 overall, using the savings to sign other ...
