What Does A Queen Bee Look Like?
If you’re getting started as a beekeeper, you may wonder how to identify the queen bee. At a glance, she appears to blend in with the other bees, but no…
If you’re getting started as a beekeeper, you may wonder how to identify the queen bee. At a glance, she appears to blend in with the other bees, but no…
Queen cups are often found on hives which causes some beekeepers to busily tear them off. Will removing them help your bees or just distract them from their work? This…
As spring arrives, honey bees get busy collecting pollen, building comb, and lots more. During this time, the colony may grow fast resulting in a crowded beehive. To make space,…
As a honey bee develops, it goes through four distinct stages. Starting as an egg, within a few weeks it will have transformed into a larva, pupa, and finally, an…
For such a small insect, bees are super-smart and have some anatomical similarities to humans. A common question people want to know is do bees have knees? Let’s take a…
The honey bee is a fascinating insect, equipped with a range of tools to help it perform different functions. In this article, we’ll take a deep dive into the anatomy…
A honey bee colony enters a state of queenlessness if it doesn’t have a queen. They only have one queen bee, so when she goes missing in action it can…
At the start of a queen bee’s life, she sets off in search of male honey bees (drones) to mate with. This is a one-time event that should allow her…
The queen bee plays an important role in the hive, busily laying eggs every day that produce drones and worker bees. With an average of 30-80 thousand bees in a…
If you’re a beekeeper, checking in on the queen bee is an important job during hive inspections. Although you don’t always have to see her to know a colony is…