Sweets are prohibited for dogs, but some owners still occasionally give their pets a piece of sugar, candy, chocolate, or other “human” sweets despite the…
Bee bread is preserved pollen that bees use as protein food for larvae and young bees. The process of its creation is pure biochemistry! 1.…
Honey bees are amazing creatures. Understanding what they eat is very important for successful beekeeping and preserving them on earth. In this article, we will…
How bees make honey seems like a simple question. It would seem that they fly from flower to flower, collect nectar, store it in honeycombs,…
Yellow jackets are the closest relatives of bees, known for their ability to make honey and their unique industriousness. But do yellow jackets produce honey?…
The stages of development of a honey bee are a rather complex and interesting process. Beekeepers must be well aware of this process in order…
Unlike the short life span of worker bees and drones, the queen bee lives quite a long time, from two to five years under certain…
The queen bee plays a huge role in the bee colony. It can be said that she is the heart of the bee colony, laying…
Bees have been around humans for many millennia. And humans have always interacted with them. The oldest image of a man collecting honey from wild…
As beekeepers, we develop a profound respect for our honey-producing companions and learn to navigate their world with confidence. Yet even the most experienced among…