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...
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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:...
It is an odd fact of beekeeping that the health, productivity, stability, and, indeed, the entire existence of a bee colony is dependent on just one slightly larger bee at the center of it. For...
A dead beehive is one of the worst things that can happen to a beekeeper, especially when they did everything that they thought possible to take care of this hive and ensure its survival....
