ST PAUL, Minn. — When people go to the Minnesota State Fair, it's not unusual for a planned stop to be a visit to the animal barns. Cows, pigs and sheep are some fan favorites, but what about bees? In ...

But for some bee enthusiasts, just looking at the bees isn’t close enough. So sometimes, people wear bees as a beard. On Wednesday, the University of Minnesota Bee Lab “wore” around 10,000 bees as a ...

One of Minnesota’s biggest animals is impacting one of the smallest, and now wildlife officials are trying to get a handle on it. For the first time in decades, changes could soon be coming to bear ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service intends to designate 1.6 million acres of critical habitat for the rusty patched bumble bee in six states, including Minnesota. The rusty patched bumble bee received ...

MOORHEAD, Minn. — Doug Harbin’s written lots of compelling music and he’s experimented with unusual sounds, including sounds from space. So when a scientist friend suggested he listen in on the noises ...

Jonathan Garaas has learned a few things in three seasons of backyard beekeeping: Bees are fascinating. They're complicated. And keeping them alive is not easy. Every two weeks, the Fargo, N.D., ...

University of Minnesota researchers are looking to solve the mysterious and rapid decline of the U.S. honey bee population in a study announced Wednesday. Honey bee colonies decreased by about 29 ...

This week on AgweekTV, the bee population is undergoing another catastrophic loss. We take a closer look at the problem. Minnesota lawmakers move closer to passing an ag bill. We'll tell you what's in ...

(Reuters) - Minnesota's governor on Friday ordered the broadest restrictions yet in a U.S. state on the use of agricultural pesticides that have been blamed for hurting bees, fueling concerns that ...

Chiara and Travis Bolton needed to grow their Minnesota bee farm. They just couldn’t find U.S. workers. Instead, they sought and won a $200,000 federal grant last year that helped them build worker ...