honeybees

A very easy way to help our honeybee populations in our neighborhoods

After two years of improvement, America's honeybees had another tough and deadly winter, probably because of mites, according to a new federal survey released Tuesday.

For the past several years, the bee population in the United States has been dropping dramatically, but finally the trend seems to be changing. This is very good news for farmers who rely on bees to pollinate their crops.

New Jersey's long, hard winter has taken its toll on honeybee colonies. One estimate puts the loss as high as 42 percent.

Did you know that more than 80 percent of U.S. food crops are pollinated by honeybees? In New Jersey, known as the Garden State, pollination is critical for crops. There’s another connection, too. The honeybee is the state’s official insect. Assemblyman Ron Dancer has introduced a package of bills to protect the state’s commercial and recreational bee industry.