As the growing your own food movement gains momentum, many people are considering keeping bees in their backyard. People who are entertaining this idea have questions about starting this endeavor. One ...

In Florida, you can keep bees in your backyard. That's a good thing because honey bees are vital to food and wildlife in the state. Despite threats like disease, habitat loss and queen quality issues, ...

It seemed like a good idea at the time. Everyone was doing it. In the early 2000s, Portland cultivated a reputation for urban homesteading by steadily relaxing zoning laws that hindered the raising of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Santa Rosa 9-year-old Nicholas Bard is a walking encyclopedia of honeybee facts. A colony needs 30 to 60 pounds of honey to survive each winter. The average ...