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Make Your Own Yellow Jacket Trap Do you like Yellow Jacket Wasps? While they serve an important role in the ecosystem, these yellow and black stinging wasps do not have a lot of fans. In fact, if you share a backyard with them this summer, you make want to make your own Yellow Jacket Trap. […]
The Queen Bee – Ruler or Servant? The queen bee is undoubtedly the most popular honey bee in the hive. Everything involving hive life evolves around the queen. However, she really in charge? Let’s explore some facts about the queen bee and find out! Man (and woman) have been interacting with honey bees for thousands […]
How Important Is the Worker Bee? The most common bee in the hive is the worker bee. The importance of the role of the worker bee is often over-shadowed by the queen bee. But worker bees deserve more credit. A honey bee colony contains thousands of bees. A smaller bee population in Spring can climb to […]
Like every living thing, bees have an average life span. The adult bees emerge from their cells ready to get to work. And work they do until the end. How long do bees live? It depends on the bee. It is important to understand that there are different kinds of bees. How long a bee […]
Perhaps you think you know a lot about bees? Sometimes I think I know a lot about honey bees – and other times…not so much. While honey bees are one of the most popular types of bees, there are many different kinds of bees to appreciate. Bees are flying insects related to wasps but they […]
Seeing any Bees with Pollen? Have you ever seen a honey bee flying from flower to flower carrying pollen? Most of us have seen honey bees and other types of bees with pollen. Why do they collect pollen? And, What do bees do with pollen back at the hive? How do Bees Use Pollen? Pollen […]
Fun Bee Facts to Share Do you know a lot about bees? Humans and honey bees have been interacting for a very long time. Yet, the honey bee still has some mysteries of the hive that we don’t understand. Our years of study has uncovered some truly fascinating bee facts. Let’s see how many are […]
What Do Honey Bees Eat & Why? Bees provide food that we enjoy. They increase crop yield through pollination of our gardens and honey bees make honey. But like all living things, bees have needs – what do bees eat? All living things need nourishment in some form. Honey bees are not exception. They require […]
Sweet Fresh Honey Made by Bees Almost everyone knows that honey bees make honey. Well, it’s even part of their name – so no surprise here, right? Honey bees have a remarkable ability to gather plant nectar and create the sweet treat we know as honey. For thousands of years, we humans have enjoyed sharing […]
