If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. The basic principle behind the honey extractor has remained unchanged for as long as they have existed. For sure, some new high-tech models might have been...

You are probably well aware of – or at least heard about –the importance of bees. These little creatures are absolutely vital to the ecosystem; without them, most of the plants we eat would not...

Have you ever heard the children’s joke, ‘why do bees have sticky hair? Because they use honeycomb’. This joke delights young children but there is a very real reason why bees have so many tiny...

One thing that many people are confused about is whether bees die after they sting. The confusion comes because some stinging insects such as wasps can sting multiple times whereas most bees will die...

In a colony of honeybees, there is only ever one queen bee. She is responsible for laying eggs and maintaining order within the hive by releasing calming pheromones. Without the queen, the colony...

When it comes to honeybees, the queen lives the longest out of all three castes (queen, drone, and worker). While the lifespan of the drones and workers varies from weeks to months depending on the...