bees

Normally winter is the end of insect season in New York State. So why are we seeing these in our homes?

New York Governor Kathy Hochul takes action to protect pollinators, birds, and wildlife with the signing of the Birds and Bees Protection Act.

Experts are suggesting not mowing your lawn to help grow weeds that bees coming out of hibernation would use as a food source.

There's a push to get it listed as an endangered species. In the meantime, homeowners can do their part.

It took the beekeeper six hours to remove all the bees, all the while getting stung.

State laws adopted in 2015 are meant to encourage beekeeping, but critics say the proposed rules would instead put up restrictions banning it in many areas.

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.

Garden-care giant Ortho said Tuesday that it will stop using a class of chemicals widely believed to harm bees as concerns rise about the health of the insects that pollinate a big portion of plants that people eat.

A major pesticide harms honeybees when used on cotton and citrus but not on other big crops like corn, berries and tobacco, the Environmental Protection Agency found.

In a Nordic-inspired building tucked in a corner of the Bayer CropScience North American headquarters, high school students wander through 6,000 square feet dedicated entirely to the specialness of bees. Children taste different types of honey and examine the differences between honeybee and carpenter bee specimens.