Retailers, who begrudgingly went along when food makers pushed up prices to recoup record-high costs, are flexing newfound muscle and demanding price cuts to match the recent steep retreat in ingredient costs. Food makers are resisting, saying the uncertain economy and volatile costs make ...

Every spring, beekeepers set up hives, or colonies, of honeybees in orchards and fields around the country. The bees then do what they always do: fly around and dine on nectar and pollen hidden in the plants' flowers. As they munch, they pick up pollen on their bodies and carry it from one plant to another, which enables the plants ...