What Beekeepers Need to Know About Pollen Nutrition to Keep Their Colony Healthy

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June 25, 2020

What Beekeepers Need to Know About Pollen Nutrition to Keep Their Colony Healthy

Pollen! That glorious powdery stuff that makes you sneeze. It may not always be glorious for us, but the bees sure love it and absolutely need it to live, grow, and prosper. If you’re a beekeeper, it’s essential you understand what pollen is, how bees collect it, and what it […]
June 18, 2020

What Type of Queen Cell Is That? Here’s How to Know

Does it ever feel like your beekeeping revolves around the queen? We get it. She’s super important, and while the behavior of worker bees can tell you a lot about your colony, bees live and die by their queens. Queen cells can tell you a lot about your colony.   The […]
May 28, 2020

3 New Ways to Pair Honey With Your Favorite Foods

I could just sit here and tell you exactly what cheeses to pair with what honey varietal and call it a day. But that’s not fun for you or me. Instead, let’s talk about how you can pair honey and food, so you can go off and do some amazing […]
May 21, 2020

5 Fascinating Ways Bees and Flowers Find Each Other

I have some bad news for you. Bees evolved from wasps. *Gasp* I know, I was a bit conflicted as well when I learned that fun fact. We aren’t 100% sure how the evolution happened, but at some point, a wasp had a run-in with some pollen, began to consume […]
May 14, 2020

Finally, a Winner: This Is the Best Honey Out There

Bees Work Hard to Make Honey Honey is a magical substance. Do you ever stop to think about how we have access to this sticky-sweet substance? A small yellow and black striped insect drinks nectar from flowers using their proboscis (tongue). Then, they store it in their honey stomach and […]