Santa Rosa orders boy beekeeper to remove hives; relents after negative buzz from community
The City of Santa Rosa stirred up a hornet's nest of outrage after ordering a 9-year-old boy to remove a 4-H beekeeping project from his home.
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The City of Santa Rosa stirred up a hornet's nest of outrage after ordering a 9-year-old boy to remove a 4-H beekeeping project from his home.
The City of Santa Rosa ordered a 9-year-old boy to remove a 4-H beekeeping project from his home. But the beekeeping community and other residents came to his defense, and it appears the city is reconsidering its position. John Ramos reports.
Honeybee populations facing severe challenges are now being helped by the development of a bee superfood using technology developed in the Bay Area.
Bees, which are facing severe challenges that affect us all, are now being helped by the development of a bee superfood using technology developed in the Bay Area. Anne Makovec reports.
Dr. Elina L. Niño says there is a very simple way for anyone to help keep bee populations healthy.
He calls himself Mr. Bloom, and he has made it his mission to plant native wildflowers in the forgotten corners of the city, the kind that make San Francisco bees feel right at home.
Bees play a key role in the U.S. food supply, and the mass deaths could jeopardize that.
After beekeeper Matt Hilton removed the swarm, the Diamondbacks had him throw out the first pitch.
In the Oakland hills, an East Bay beekeeper felt a sting in her heart this past weekend when thieves snatched up one of her bee colonies.
In the northwest part of Contra Costa County, a remarkable effort is now underway to help some of the most important creatures on our planet: the creatures that pollinate our foods.
California's extreme weather and warming climate are posing a threat to some of our most vital creatures, bees and other wild pollinators critical to our fruit and vegetable crops.
California's extreme weather threatens bees and pollinators critical to our crops. You can help without leaving your garden. Lauren Toms reports. (7-20-23)
An elderly man was taken to the hospital after he was attacked by a swarm of bees in a field south of Petaluma on Wednesday.
An elderly man was taken to the hospital after he was attacked by a swarm of bees in a field south of Petaluma on Wednesday.
Brian Hackney gets a look at a radical new approach to beekeeping that draws inspiration from an ancient source.
Brian Hackney gets a look at a radical new approach to beekeeping that draws inspiration from an ancient source. (6-23-23)
Local beekeepers say the prolonged wet winter reduced honey production, making it difficult for bees to get enough food or pollen, as well as increasing the number of opportunistic viruses impacting hives.
Attorney General Rob Bonta and the attorneys general of 12 other states are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to take action on a pesticide that they described was "extremely toxic" to bees and other pollinators.
California will not be restricting chemicals that are linked to the death of bees and other pollinators anytime soon after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill to ban the use of certain pesticides on Wednesday.
There was a definite buzz in the air at Cincinnati's Great American Ballpark as the Reds were set to host the San Francisco Giants Monday, one that led to a rare delay.
Tora Roacha founded the Pollinator Posse, an 8-year-old nonprofit that teaches adults and kids to create pollinator-friendly spaces.
The space agency says it is working on creating a swarm of robot bees that will fly around the surface of Mars.
The bees were being transported from Montana to the Central Valley to pollinate almond trees and were valued at $1 million or more.
Two California men have been charged with a string of felony counts stemming from a criminal case that created a buzz among beekeepers across the country.
Authorities in Fresno County have arrested a Sacramento-area man accused of stealing bees and beehives worth nearly $1 million.
