In front of us were the lime trees and Father's apiary, but it was all empty now.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Esther's Inheritance'

If so, the apiary industry in Maine is doing quite well--beekeepers in that state are required to obtain government licensing, the report says.

FORBES: Worker's Permit

On a sunny Saturday this spring, I drove to Betterbee, an apiary-supply store in Greenwich, New York, about forty miles north of Albany.

NEWYORKER: Stung