Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A honey bee pollinates a raspberry bush on June 9 in Whatcom County. About 1.7 million honey bee colonies — nearly 60% of all such ...

When a bee gets sick, it can’t necessarily social distance. “I like to think of it as a system, as a factory of sorts, with 30,000-40,000 bees crowded…just on top of each other, feeding each other and ...

SEATTLE (KOMO) — New research out of Washington State University finds honey bees are at risk for colony collapse due to longer warmer falls seasons. Researchers blame a warming climate for tricking ...

Honey bee colonies across the United States are facing record-breaking losses in 2025, with scientists warning the impact could be felt in agricultural production. Washington State University ...

PULLMAN, WA — Colony collapse remains a major global threat to honeybees, and researchers at Washington State University are ...

WASHINGTON — Researchers found that longer autumns with good flying weather for bees raise the chances of colony collapse in the upcoming spring, according to a study published in the journal ...

A study has identified four new viruses in honeybees that may somehow contribute to the massive hive die-off termed Research continues to look at many factors that may contribute to bee health, and ...

Whether you have a small garden in the backyard or hundreds of acres of farmland, there is one creature that keeps them ...

Hundreds of flatbed loads of honey bees are trucked into Washington every spring, enabling the production of apples, cherries, pears and berries in the state. The pollinators are estimated to add at ...

Washington State University researchers and students collect samples and perform honey bee colony health assessments in orchards near Modesto, CA. Every year more than 2 million honey bee hives from ...