Philip Gerrie lives in Noe Valley with, as he puts it, “a spouse, two cats, and 100,000 bees.” The past president of the San Francisco Beekeepers' Association is a soft-spoken man who calmly notes ...

This week marked the beginning of what’s called “the peaking season” for state lawmakers, and it’s seen some food-safety-related bills moving forward without producing any big trends. The ...

More than a quarter of beekeepers were considered to have Colony Collapse Disorder, wrote Robyn M Underwood and Dennis ­VanEngelsdorp in 2007. In a collapsed colony, the bees don’t die, they abandon ...

Colony collapse disorder (CCD)—the sudden and massive die-off of honeybees—has emerged as one of the most mysterious ecological disasters of the past several years, and one of the most expensive.

“Bugonia” opens not with action, but with a conversation: two men, Don and Teddy, talking about bees. Teddy explains colony collapse disorder: a phenomenon where bees abandon their queen, leaving the ...