TINKERING in his backyard with various designs, Ken Faulkner hopes that his latest native bee box design will get school kids interested in the insects, and help save them from extinction.

Backyard beekeepers have new options for hive boxes, supplies and even clothing, thanks to a brother/sister team raised in Eugene along with a colleague of theirs from Portland. Bespoke Bee Supply,… ...

He brought his construction skills to the group and is constantly tweaking the bee box design. In the wild, mason bees nest in abandoned insect tunnels in wood and hollow stems of plants.

Traditionally, beehives have been little more than wooden boxes with multiple internal screens upon which bees can deposit honey. The Urban Beehive by Philips is a much more modern, sleek version ...

GOLDEN GIRL -- Duncannon area Girl Scout Colleen Altares and her father, Tim, pose with a bee box they created for a Scouting project. The 17-year-old Girl Scout was honored this year with the ...

Compare that the traditional way in which people collect honey by hand: A beekeeper lifts the lid off of a box-shaped hive (the type invented by Langstroth), removes a frame of honeycomb ...

How to design a bee friendly garden no matter the size BEES are absolutely vital to humans and the wider ecosystem. How can you attract bees to your garden?