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Honey bees sweetened 19th century life in Central Illinois

In November 1887, a poor honey harvest led The Pantagraph to predict scarce inventories and high prices. “Biscuit will have to be eaten without the toothsome accompaniment of golden honey,” the paper declared, half-jokingly, “and buckwheat cake must be made to slide down with only the aid of syrup or sugar.”

Company generates buzz with honey products

MENDON, Utah -- As a swarm of bees zips around him at speeds of up to 35 miles per hour, Martin James walks toward boxed crates stacked on top of each other with no fear. After all, he has a b…

Nashua man promotes bee sharing–not keeping–with business

‘Busy as a bee” takes on a whole new meaning for Kagen Weeks. The Nashua man has founded and launched Hive At Your Home, a one-man business building and delivering homemade hives – and a couple thousand bees to go with them – around the state and region. “I am trying to be less focused on being a bee keeper and more focused on being a bee giver,” Weeks said. For a $175 fee, Weeks installs and ...

Bee Colony Inside Home

By Kelsey Card EUGENE, Ore. -- Some south Eugene homeowners didn't exactly open up a can of worms. More like a chimney of bees. When bees get busy, so do bee extractionists. The busy season -- May and June -- kicked off with a buzz literally at a home on 28th and Emerald Street. Homeowners knew they had a bee problem in the chimney. Someone capped the top to fix the problem. But it didn't, and ...

Asylum seekers busy as bees

When Joseph* and his friends collected honey in Nigeria, they wore an extra layer of clothing, lit a torch and kicked the hive from the tree to take the swarm’s sweet nectar.