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A man with seasonal allergies, probably related to pollen.
honey

How effective is honey for seasonal allergies?

February 24, 2024
37 Comments
These honey bees are protecting their nest with gobs of prepared propolis.
bee biology

The 3 surprising things honey bees (almost) never...

August 2, 2023
14 Comments
Pollen is a normal part of honey, but honey isn't made from pollen.
honey

One truth about honey: it’s not made from pollen...

February 22, 2023
12 Comments
other insects

Insects that feed us: more than honey bees

March 16, 2021
17 Comments
bee biology

Is honey made from bee vomit? Sure, why not?

March 2, 2021
19 Comments
Honey is made from the nectar of flowers. Pixabay public domain photo.
honey

Honey’s magical power: four ways to slay microbes

March 13, 2018
34 Comments
comb honey

Making comb honey should be simple and fun

February 15, 2018
28 Comments
A honey dipper over a bowl of cinnamon infused honey.
honey

Is infused honey safe to eat?

January 7, 2018
9 Comments
Four jars of honey. Despite what the label says, honey has no added sugars.
honey

The mysterious disappearance of pure honey

December 13, 2017
38 Comments
Marketing your honey: never call it sugar free.
honey

Marketing your honey: make your claims crystal clear

August 3, 2017
17 Comments
honey

Aqua-green honey for your dining pleasure

July 30, 2017
30 Comments
honey production

Upper entrances can enhance your honey production

June 1, 2017
81 Comments
Old-Blue-Raw-Honey-front
bee stories • varietal honey

Do bees make poison ivy and poison oak honey?

September 4, 2016
43 Comments
Bees and their queen on a honeycomb. Pixabay
publications

Book review | Two Million Blossoms

February 12, 2016
20 Comments
Checking for American foulbrood: A beekeeper inspecting a beehive in a protective suit.
diseases

How common is American foulbrood in honey?

November 3, 2015
30 Comments
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
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Bee Wise

Go to the bee, thou poet: consider her ways and be wise.

—George Bernard Shaw

Bee-yond Bees

Bees are more than a hobby; they are a life study, in many respects a mirror of our own society.

—William Longgood

Why Honey Bee is Two Words

Regardless of dictionaries, we have in entomology a rule for insect common names that can be followed. It says: If the insect is what the name implies, write the two words separately; otherwise run them together. Thus we have such names as house fly, blow fly, and robber fly contrasted with dragonfly, caddicefly, and butterfly, because the latter are not flies, just as an aphislion is not a lion and a silverfish is not a fish. The honey bee is an insect and is preeminently a bee; “honeybee” is equivalent to “Johnsmith.”

—From Anatomy of the Honey Bee by Robert E. Snodgrass

State Insects

The non-native European Honey Bee is the state insect of:

  • Arkansas
  • Georgia
  • Kansas
  • Louisiana
  • Maine
  • Mississippi
  • Missouri
  • Nebraska
  • New Jersey
  • North Carolina
  • Oklahoma
  • South Dakota
  • Tennessee
  • Utah
  • Vermont
  • West Virginia
  • Wisconsin

Not one native bee is a state insect. The closest relative of a North American native bee to make the list is the Tarantula Hawk Wasp, the state insect of New Mexico.

Minnesota now has a state bee as well as a state insect. Bombus affinis, the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee, has been so honored. Good work, Minnesota!

Connecticut’s state insect is the European “praying” mantis. Although they are beneficial insects, they are not native to North America.

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