Spring Honey Recipes To Tide You Over

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February 27, 2020

Spring Honey Recipes To Tide You Over

Earlier this week in Wisconsin, we were supposed to get somewhere in the range of 8-11 inches of snow dumped on us. Then, I woke up one morning and the alert was completely gone off my weather app, like somebody had waved a magic wand and made the snowstorm disappear. […]
February 20, 2020

Honey In Wound Care

If you’re interested in bees and beekeeping, you’ve probably frequently enjoyed honey.  What’s better than taking a huge bite out of fresh comb or swapping honey for sugar in your favorite recipes? Seeing your bees create honey out of nectar is one of the many joys of beekeeping, but there […]
February 13, 2020

Pollinator-Friendly Gardens: Yes You Can!

February is an interesting time for those with green thumbs. If you live in the north (by Beepods HQ), there are few visible signs of spring, but it’s still the perfect time to start thinking about a pollinator-friendly yard.  Seed catalogs are plentiful and the subzero temperatures of late February […]
January 30, 2020

My Life As a Queen Bee

A New Queen Bee Rises And just like that, I chewed my way out of my cell and into my beautiful, honey-comb filled home. But was I the first queen bee to leave my queen cell? I had to be the first if I wanted to enjoy my life as […]
January 23, 2020

How Bad Is California Almond Production For Bees?

Almond production in California is an agricultural endeavor that impacts many interested parties and often in conflicting ways. While it seems production can be detrimental to bee populations, a complete cessation would hurt the beekeepers who raise them, plus make a dent – no, a chasm in the economy of […]