Honey bee swarms can at once evoke both awe and disappointment within a beekeeper. It is truly an awesome sight to witness a colony throwing a swarm of bees. But if the bees swarming happen to be from one of YOUR hives, you are also witnessing the loss of most or all of the honey you […]
But you’re already at least a little bit intrigued by honey bees, or you wouldn’t be here! We know a lot about bees, of course – after all, there have been thousands of books written about them. And the subject is one that has fascinated mankind throughout history (in fact, some of the early misconceptions about […]
Honey bee deaths have been occurring in vast numbers in recent years. Why are honey bees dying at such an alarming rate? And what would the disappearance of honey bees mean to the world? Important questions! Why Are Honey Bees Dying? There have been many news stories in recent years about the problems that the […]
Our modern understanding of honey bee biology makes some of the ancient beliefs about honey bees seem pretty humorous. We probably shouldn’t laugh too hard, though. After all, we wouldn’t know what we know today about bees without the knowledge passed down from our ancestors. Each generation builds upon the knowledge of the previous generation, […]