Humans and bees have a relationship stretching back thousands of years, Ten Box Bees founder William Simmons said. “Honeybees are crucial to basically everything that we do,” Simmons said. “They say ...

Not just food: Plant chemicals within nectar yield honey that packs a pharmaceutical punch and helps keep bees healthy. Ed Peeters / EyeEm via Getty Images It should come as no surprise that bees know ...

PART OF THE HARVEST: At Alan Leveritt's farm. Arkansas Times publisher Alan Leveritt has lived on his great grandparents’ farm in North Pulaski County for 40 years. This is the second in a series of ...

Native to the tropics, these pollinators are taking a lead role in one of the latest efforts to conserve the Amazon rainforest. Melipona eburnea, a species of bee, is native to the Amazon. Unlike the ...

A few months ago, a friend of mine told me that his father-in-law had been rushed to the hospital after eating some wild honey brought back from the hills of Nepal. Within about 30 minutes, his heart ...