A beekeeper in Neederweert in Limburg has reported the theft of 15 beehives containing thousands of bees, leaving just a single hive. Harrie Feijen, who is 86 and has been keeping bees for 25 years, said the thieves cut through wire to access the orchard and made away with the hives late on Tuesday night. Feijen said the thieves “went …
Beekeeper Gene Brandi said that during California’s lengthy, rainy winter, he had to spend twice as much money on sweet syrup to feed and sustain his honeybees. The majority of commercial beekeepers relocate their bees to the Midwest or abroad to pollinate crops like avocados or cherries or to California early in the year to help pollinate the state’s $5 …
For Yemeni beekeeper Mohammed Saif, honey production used to be a lucrative business, but years of war and climate change have taken the buzz out of the family hives. We really don’t know.” Yemen, one of the world’s most impoverished countries, has been gripped by a deadly conflict since 2014, pitting the Iran-backed Houthis against government forces supported by a …