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...

Honeycomb is a fascinating substance made by bees in which they store honey and pollen as well as housing larvae. But how do bees make honeycomb? This is what I will discuss in this article. Why...

To those new to the beekeeping world, the question of how many bees in a hive is one that usually comes with a surprising answer. Many people assume that there are perhaps a couple of thousand bees....