It’s spring again ... time for bees to pollinate flowers. Although bee populations have leveled off during the past few years, we’re still at a nadir historically. In the 1940s, there were 6 million ...
I can’t even begin to say how cool our Sonoma County bees are. Here are five things you may not know about our apiarian friends: Bees have two pairs of wings, which hook together to form a larger pair ...
Candles, lip balm, lotion, dog balm, and lemonade: These are some of the things that can be created from honey. The Iowa Honey Producers Association owns the biggest, longest booth inside the ...
Why Are Honey Bees Important? Pollinators like honey bees are crucial in agriculture, affecting one out of every three bites of food we eat. So it’s important for gardeners to support them. Grow ...
Ping Honzay, a beekeeper educator at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, gives us some fun facts about bees and the Arb’s upcoming Honey Harvest & Flowers for Pollinators Day.
These vulnerable bees have been living alongside this seemingly unbeatable prey for millions of years. But they've got a ...