The Iowa State University Extension office that serves Hamilton County is offering a beginners class on bee keeping.

Kristie and Scotty Hinds’ hives multiplied by over tenfold after they fell in love with the insects When Kristie and Scotty Hinds started raising bees, it was just to have fresh honey. Eight years ...

Veteran beekeeper Oscar Carlson of Onalaska says anyone planning to start keeping bees had better be prepared to get stung. “That’s part of the game; you have to assume you’re going to get stung,” ...