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Granulated sugar can be fed to bees as crystals, syrup, or fondant.
feeding bees

The syrup solution

January 30, 2013
14 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
photographs • wild bees and native bees

Bumble bee defecation

January 29, 2013
13 Comments
1 min read
Bees, like this honey bee, are both insects and animals. In fact, all insects are animals. David Cappaert.
bee biology

Are bees insects or animals or something else?

January 26, 2013
4 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee forage • writing and blogging

Update on bee forage plants

January 25, 2013
11 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
pesticides

How much pesticide in commercial foundation?

January 24, 2013
10 Comments
2 min read
bee forage • photographs

It’s pink with star-shaped petals . . .

January 22, 2013
21 Comments
2 min read
bee stories

A sting in winter

January 20, 2013
20 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
quotations

What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee

January 19, 2013
11 Comments
1 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
extra

What’s new at Honey Bee Suite?

January 17, 2013
25 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
feeding bees

Recipe for bee-scrumptious dry pollen substitute

January 16, 2013
77 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
beekeeping humor

She’s been framed! Funny beekeeping search terms

January 13, 2013
9 Comments
2 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bees in the news

The continuing saga of Signal Mountain honey bees

January 11, 2013
3 Comments
1 min read
Granulated sugar can be fed to bees as crystals, syrup, or fondant.
feeding bees

How to make fondant for bees from table sugar

January 11, 2013
84 Comments
5 min read
feeding bees

How to make hard candy from table sugar

January 10, 2013
44 Comments
2 min read
Too many bees for the winter months.
bee stories • wintering

Too many bees for the middle of winter

January 9, 2013
39 Comments
3 min read
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
bee biology • beeswax

And now . . . normal wax scales

January 7, 2013
14 Comments
2 min read
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