Since then they have spread steadily north, entering Mexico in 1988. By 1991, almost 100 percent of the feral honey bees in Mexico carried the African bee DNA. The Africanized bees reached the United ...

combining the European bees' greater honey yields with the African honeybees' adaptation to warmer climates. However, the new hybrid bees also took on a less desirable trait from their African ...

Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...

Regular readers of this column will know that, in general, I struggle to muster much affection for non-native species, ...