As the growing your own food movement gains momentum, many people are considering keeping bees in their backyard. People who are entertaining this idea have questions about starting this endeavor. One ...

When farmer Kamal Bell first established a beekeeping operation at Sankofa Farms in North Carolina, his son Akeem was four years old and scared of bees. But with his father’s coaching—and the help of ...

Veteran beekeeper Oscar Carlson of Onalaska says anyone planning to start keeping bees had better be prepared to get stung. “That’s part of the game; you have to assume you’re going to get stung,” ...