Bees are generally known for three things. Producing honey, pollinating our plants, and most importantly, their painful stings! If you have ever been unfortunate enough to be stung by a bee, you already know it hurts. For us as beekeepers, it’s just another day on the job! Can a bee sting another bee? Of course!…
Honey is one of the most beneficial health foods and a great source of income for us as beekeepers. Are you concerned that you might be hurting your stinger friends by harvesting their honey? In most cases, you are not harming bees one little bit when harvesting their honey. Bees are hoarding insects, and they…
As passionate beekeepers, we like to think the little bees we care for know who we are. Maybe we feel like certain hives tend to “warm-up” to us when our bees tend to show less aggression toward us than visitors. Our honeybees may look pretty much all alike to us as beekeepers, but it seems…
As a seasoned beekeeper myself, there’s nothing like walking between your beehives, listening to the humming sound of your bees. Sometimes disaster strikes and a whole swarm of bees die. Although a tragedy, some things can still be salvaged. You can extract honey from a dead hive if there’s no sign of diseases like American…
