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 hives in the country — were lost between June 2024 and March 2025.

(WKBN) — Two years ago, local hobbyist beekeeper Brian Koper had 21 colonies. Now, he’s left with just three. Koper recently put out a post on his social media page, asking his beekeeping friends if ...

OLYMPIC — A Senate bill that would ban Washington residents from applying neonicotinoid pesticides is a “feel-good stunt” and likely would hurt pollinators, a commercial beekeeper said Feb. 23. Under ...

Entering this spring, beekeepers will be tasked with rebounding from the worst winter in over a decade for winter bee mortality. A nonprofit organization, called Project Apis m., surveyed more than ...

This is a busy time of the year for the commercial beekeepers. The majority of the commercial beekeepers are involved in the pollination of the almonds and are busy with their preparations. Some of ...