Every spring, beekeepers across the country ready their hives for the long drive west. As California almond growers ready their groves for the incoming blossoms, a deluge of honey bees converges on ...

Nancy and Keith Budke, married 43 years, are migratory beekeepers. They produce honey with the taste of canola nectar, sweet clover and other flowers that their bees pollinate first in North ...

“The problem with migratory and commercial beekeeping is that they are greenwashing their operation into something that sounds like safeguarding the well-being of honeybees. But that’s not the ...

Low-density migratory beekeeping induces intermediate disturbance effects on native bee communities in Tibetan Plateau alpine meadows. Journal of Insect Science , 2024; 24 (6) DOI: 10.1093/jisesa ...

On my flight from Minneapolis to Los Angeles, I sat next to Jenna Budke, the daughter of migratory beekeepers. We struck up a conversation, and she told me about the challenges facing the honeybee ...