bees

A honeybee research organization estimates as many as 1.6 million hives - more than half the country’s cultivated honeybee population - died off this past winter.

California is acting later than many states in regulating neonicotinoids, but its rules would be among the nation’s most extensive. They would change how growers kill pests on nuts, citrus and other fruit crops.

This story received a first place award from the Fresno County Farm Bureau in 2021. A cup of coffee in one hand, David Blair rolls up the garage door to…

Almonds are a nearly $3 billion industry here in the San Joaquin Valley—but without honeybees to pollinate the trees, there would be no harvest. By some…

The BeekeeperWhen Rafael Reynaga came to check on his bee colonies in a Fresno almond orchard, he found a carpet full of dead bees on the ground.Reynaga…

Beekeepers flock from all over the country to California every February and March for bloom. During this time of year over 80 percent of the nation’s…

On today's show, three men want to be Fresno's next mayor. We kickoff our look at the race to lead California's fifth largest city, with the one political…

This week on Valley Edition our staff reports on how the drought is harming bees in California, lawmaking around HIV, the future of Fresno's Blackstone…

The series on the drought received a 2016 Golden Mike Award from the Radio Television News Association of Southern California. Read about other winners…

California’s almond orchards are turning from white to green this week as millions of blossoms fall, marking the end of this year’s bloom. But for one…