Thousands of bees killed in San Francisco by vandals

Thousands of bees were killed after vandals sprayed insecticide into hives.

New beer from 9,000-year-old recipe

Dogfish Head brewery has come up with a new beer, based on a 9,000-year-old recipe that includes honey. It's called Chateau Jiahu.

Chicago Marriott's new honey wheat beer

The hotel, which has hives on the roof, teamed with a brewer to use its own honey in a new honey wheat beer.

"Honest Honey" becomes "True Source Honey"

The "Honest Honey" campaign has undergone a name change. It is now called "True Source Honey," and, according to the website, "is an effort by a number of honey companies and importers to call attention to the problem of illegally sourced honey."

Insulin helps make queen bees

A new study shows that insulin plays a part in the development of queen bees, as opposed to worker bees.

Chicago TV take on Marriott rooftop hives

Here's a TV report on the hives at the Marriott Magnificent Mile.

NY Times op-ed piece touts urban beekeeping

This article extols the virtues of city bees, noting, for instance, that chemical pesticides, etc., from suburban lawnkeeping, etc., potentially find their way into honey more than urban pollutants.