bees

Well, you can likely say goodbye to really cold weather in Illinois. No, this is not an official forecast from the National Weather Service, but it's an indication from nature as the first bee of 2024 has already been spotted in the central part of the Land of Lincoln.

Discover where Illinois ranks in the best and worst states for beekeeping. Help save the endangered honey bees with bee-friendly practices.

Is your boat's motor making a weird buzzing sound? You've likely got bees...and that's no joke.

I have very little trouble admitting that I've killed more than a few wasps in my time. I've always had a live and let live relationship with bees, but wasps have always been on my kill-on-sight list.

You probably haven't heard of the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, but you've definitely benefitted from their existence.

There's a lot of buzz surrounding annoying little bugs in Illinois. You better beelieve they're in Northern Illinois.

I have very little trouble admitting that I've killed more than a few wasps in my time. I've always had a live and let live relationship with bees, but wasps have always been on my kill on sight list.

Lots of people think that Major League Baseball's spring training is just sunshine, fans, food, fun, and games. And, for the most part, they're right. Having taken groups of Rockford listeners to Mesa, Arizona, for Cubs spring training, I remember our biggest worries being sunburn, over-indulgence, and/or missing the bus back to the hotel.

Tuesday night was not a good night to be outside for a stroll (or any other reason) in Gilbert Arizona. Thousands of bees swarmed a neighborhood there, stinging anyone and anything that they encountered, including a firefighter who took 40-50 stings after the bees got inside his protective clothing (I'm thinking this guy is due a refund at the very least): That's a pretty bad situation, but it pal

After reports of twin shark attacks off the shore of North Carolina, some are asking the Jaws-esque question, "Is it safe to go into the water?" Christopher Ingraham of the Washington Post crunched the numbers and says...yes, it is, at least compared to other potentially deadly animals: If we want to properly contextualize shark attacks, we need to compare sharks to their peers -- bears