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Foundation with crud. Mark Wilson.
postmortems & mysteries

What crud is this?

August 6, 2015
30 Comments
2 min read
Honey bees walking on comb. You can't force them to make honey.
honey production

Why won’t my bees store honey?

August 5, 2015
46 Comments
6 min read
Aram's-steam-melter-8
beeswax • how to

How to make a steam melter for beeswax

August 3, 2015
15 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee threats

Wasps aplenty follow a mild winter

July 30, 2015
25 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
honey bee behavior

Packing more than pollen

July 29, 2015
1 min read
Taking-down-a-hornet-Rusty-Burlew
honey bee threats

Stealing honey: bee-on-bee robbery

July 27, 2015
23 Comments
8 min read
wild bees and native bees

Male wool carder bee: a military prototype

July 25, 2015
14 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
miscellaneous musings

Why do my hives smell like meat?

July 21, 2015
13 Comments
4 min read
Honey-bee-drinking
miscellaneous musings

More than a box of bees

July 14, 2015
39 Comments
2 min read
Bumble-bees-on-lemon-queen by Rusty Burlew.
bee forage

Bees on a distant bloom

July 10, 2015
14 Comments
3 min read
Bees-on-a-sugar-tray
feeding bees

What’s wrong with this picture?

July 8, 2015
24 Comments
2 min read
Osmia-aglaia-5
wild bees and native bees

A garden gem

July 7, 2015
10 Comments
1 min read
Yellowjacket-nest
wasps

A delicious meal of wasp larvae

July 6, 2015
12 Comments
3 min read
Honey bees can seem so peaceful until you get stung from the rear. Pixabay photo.
bee stories

Facing front, stung from behind

July 1, 2015
39 Comments
4 min read
Outside-of-hindleg
bee biology

How the honey bee makes pollen pellets

June 30, 2015
18 Comments
3 min read
Bumble bee and berry bee share a flower.
wild bees and native bees

Plays well with others, not

June 27, 2015
17 Comments
2 min read
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