The national program Bee City USA fosters habitat restoration and pesticide reduction.

Eradication of the invasive species will take at least three years, officials said.

Officials remain on the lookout for more nests belonging to the invasive species, which preys on pollinators.

Beekeepers lost nearly half of their honeybee colonies last year. Without bees, farmers can't grow the fruits and plants that feed us. So farmers are working harder to get their crops pollinated.

The University of Georgia’s College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has partnered with Dalan Animal Health to advance the world’s first honeybee vaccine.

Environmental writer Oliver Milman says habitat loss, pesticides and climate change are killing off insects worldwide, which, in turn, threatens humans. His new book is The Insect Crisis.

An effort to save honey bees across Georgia has moved to the back of cars. No, not mobile beehives, but license plates.