The question of how much bee pollen to take daily is one of the most common questions I get here on Bee Pollen Buzz. Fortunately, I've got years of experience in starting people out on this amazing superfood so you've come to the right place for advice. Before we consider how much b...
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, bees pollinate80% of our flowering crops— which comprises a third of everything we eat. They’re responsible for the continued survival of many of our most precious native plants. Yet, despite being an absolutely vital component of our ecosyste...
Carolyn @ Eat Well. Live Well. Be Well. says: January 21, 2011 at 3:25 pm I also have a smoothie every.single.day and have for the past 4-5 years. I make much simpler smoothies that you. Here are my must haves for a successful smoothie: 1. 1 frozen banana (you peel the ...
12 If you’re concerned about a deficiency, be sure to check in with your doctor. So, how much biotin should you be getting every day? Experts recommend between 40 and 60 micrograms. And here are some great dietary sources: Eggs: 1 large egg contains 13-25 micrograms Liver: 3 ounces ...
?They have found honey that is 5,000 years old and that you can still eat.Honey can help us with a lot of our health problems. A bee colony is a group of bees that live together.Each colony has one mother bee.This queen bee can live for three to five years.She...
Hummingbirds, much like bees, are important pollinators. When they feed, their foreheads rub against the stamens and pistils of flowers. This allows them to collect pollen. As they move from one flower to another, they drop pollen particles which facilitate pollination and plant reproduction....
Much of it is covered in an exoskeleton made from small, movable plates of chitin. A bee's body is also covered in lots of fuzzy, branched hair, which collects pollen and helps regulate body temperature. The body also has three sections -- the head, the thorax and the abdomen. The ...
we brought home some of my favorite Muscari bulbs to plant in our garden and a jar of raw local honey to help balance the effects of the heavy pollen that is everywhere… the price for so many blooms popping just now (happily on Monday we got some much needed rain)… ...
Some people use a Q-tip or other cotton swab to hand-pollinate, but from personal experience, I’ve found that a lot of the pollen sticks to the fibers (resulting in not as much pollen transferring to the stigma). Once pollination is successful—you’ll know in two to three days and ...
they calculated the total biomass of each plant’s root system and the ratio of roots to shoots, to see whether plants changed how much energy and carbon they deposited into belowground and aboveground structures when planted alongside neighbors, and counted the number of seeds produ...