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What’s the best and highest use for dark beeswax combs?
Why do you have so many dark beeswax combs in your hives and what should you do about them? Can you...
Bee-free hummingbird feeders: how to make hummers safe from bees
Yes! Bees and hummingbirds can coexist in your garden. Here’s how to keep honey bees away from your...
Little metallic green bees: a stunning surprise in your garden
Have you ever seen a tiny bee with a metallic green body buzzing about your garden and moving at...
Revealing photos show nectar-grubbing honey bees piercing flowers
Most people agree that honey bees do not pierce petals to find nectar, yet here we see honey bees...
Honey bee down! How to help a drowning bee
While most honey bees are careful around water, sometimes they land in it. A wet bee can easily...
Hive placement: how to choose the best backyard spot
In the excitement of getting a first hive, it's not unusual to pick the wrong place for it. Don't...
How to repel 7 ruthless animals that eat honey bees
Beekeepers focused intently on wasps, birds, and invading insects may sometimes forget the four...
One truth about honey: it’s not made from pollen grains
In spite of the rumors, honey is not made of pollen. Here we look at some of the reasons for this...
What happens when shrewd solitary wasps kill mason bees
Did you ever see a cloud of tiny insects nervously casing your mason bee house? If they reminded...
The puzzling guide to bee cocoons & how to see them
Do you wonder why you've never seen a honey bee cocoon? Here's a complete explanation of why they...
How much will the new AFB vaccine help honey bees?
Everyone is talking about the new AFB vaccine. A vaccine for bees is a miraculous milestone in...
The magic of queen cups: here today, gone tomorrow
Queen cups provide sturdy connections between brood combs and fully developed queen cells. Worker...
How to recognize a queenless hive: 9 reliable ways
Queenless colonies change from panicky to listless as the days go by. In order to save your colony...
Lickety-spit: how bees use trophallaxis to easily communicate
Trophallaxis is direct bee-to-bee transfer of food and information. It's used by social insects...
A-Ž hives in a Slovenian-style apiary: awesome yet practical
Everything about AZ hives is meant to make life easier for the bees and the beekeeper. Plus, they...