A question many new and inexperienced beekeepers have is why are their bees killing each other? The issue can occur when you have more than one hive and find that bees from one hive are killing those...
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A healthy, averaged-sized bee colony is likely to bring in around a hundred pounds of pollen in a single season. Although nectar is the substance that ultimately becomes honey, pollen collection is...
What’s up when your bees don’t buzz? You may notice it at any time, and it can happen for any number of reasons. Indeed, one of the commonest – and commonly alarming – phenomenon that...
Honeybees face many threats throughout the year, but in late summer and early fall yellowjacket wasps are a particular hazard. They have been known to attack bee colonies and will take both bees and...
The term ‘Africanized’ is used to describe a hybrid species of honeybee. The Africanized honeybee is a mix of the East African lowland honeybee with various other European honeybee species. This...
The energy of a hive, and with that its ability to complete all of the important tasks – from foraging to raising new bees and producing honey – ultimately comes from just two vital substances:...
