I am amazed how often my honeybees find their way into conversations. People are fascinated with them. They love hearing about the charming society of bees and learning how they can help in the effort to “save” the bees. Movies about bees have even been block buster hits. Truth be told, bees lead relatively ordinary, […]
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Her Royal Highness, the Queen Bee
Though your bee knowledge may be rudimentary, you most certainly know two things about bees. One, they make honey. Two, the Queen Bee rules the roost. But, what does the queen actually do? And how does one become Queen Bee? Do bees appoint the queen? Does she look different than other bees? How many queens […]
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Bring Out Your Dead . . . and How I Became a Beekeeper
People frequently ask me why I took up the hobby of beekeeping. Was it to make honey? Did I want to “Save the Bees?” Or, maybe I wanted to raise pollinators for my vast garden of plants. Truth is, I got them on a whim — so unlike my usual way of conducting business — […]
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