MANCHESTER, NH — Gently lifting a wooden frame containing dozens of Italian honeybees, Vince Ylitalo seemed transfixed as he and several other veterans inspected the buzzing insects. “This is ...

Credit: Pixabay. Tucked away in the shaded corner of a community garden in New Haven, Connecticut, a beehive awaits. Seven ...

With that, extracting honey from the hive doesn't impact the bees, though some beekeepers infuse the hive with wood smoke before gathering any honey -- a process that prevents the bees from ...

In this Aug. 7, 2019, photo, U.S. Army veteran Oscar Toce cleans up after beekeeping at the Veterans Affairs' beehives in Manchester, N.H. (Elise Amendola/AP) MANCHESTER, N.H. — Gently lifting a ...

Traditionally, beehives have been little more than wooden boxes with multiple internal screens upon which bees can deposit honey. The Urban Beehive by Philips is a much more modern, sleek version ...

Human-made hives are squat and squarish (for example, 45cm high), constructed from thin wood (under 2cm thick) with large entrances (around 60sq cm) and often large openings of wire mesh underneath.

The second iteration of the popular Flow Hive is a huge hit, as people look to help bees and connect more to their food--without having to wear a suit to get the honey.

Or that one of his current projects is taking old Sacramento Bee newspaper boxes and repurposing them into bee hives. In some ways, it is what it is. In many ways, it’s nothing you’ve seen before.

It also has to do with the bees’ preferences. Hives don’t start with one or two bees and build up over time: Old hives beget new hives. When a hive gets too large, between 50 and 70 percent of ...