beekeepers

Three beekeepers are bouncing back from a maddening situation earlier this year — which saw well over 100,000 innocent honeybees killed in a senseless act of destruction in Burlington, Vermont. “They’re healthy, they’ve come from good homes, and now it’s our job to keep them healthy and productive,” beekeeper Bill Mares said of the new bees that replaced those...

Someone took a joyride through farmlands on the outskirts of Burlington, Vermont this winter, killing an estimated 150,000 bees. But those beekeepers are back in business – ready to look after new hives.

Beekeepers from around the U.S. truck billions of honeybees to California to rent them to almond growers who need the insects to pollinate the state’s most valuable crop.