Your best bet to keep any misunderstandings from occurring is to give your bees some space. Once your bees are away from the hive, foraging, they rarely become aggressive. So, put up some sturdy fencing to keep curious pets from wandering onto the bees’ property—bees hate trespassers....
Worker honey bees make hives to store honey and feed themselves throughout winter when they cannot go outdoors to forage for food. How are bee hives made? Honey bee hives are made of six-sided tubes, which are the shapes for optimal honey production because they require less wax and can...
I've always loved beekeeping and wanted to learn more about this charming activity. From writing about how to setup hives, caring for your honeybees and extracting honey, I strive to share my experiences and answer any questions you may have.
Anything that you can produce that other survivors may desire will also give you a huge advantage. Skills are going to be much more valuable than they are now because they will be hard to come by. Your knowledge of how to start bee keeping can improve your quality of life and be traded...
However, both the lower critical size and the upper stable size depend on many parameters related to demographic rates and their enhancement by bee sociality. Any environmental factors that increase mortality, decrease recruitment, or interfere with the social moderation of these rates has the effect...
There are so many fantastic benefits of making your outdoor living space more bee-friendly. Check out these ideas to start your own backyard beekeeping!
Petco— The pet supply store provides grants to teachers to fund class pets. The Bee Grant— While you won’t exactly be setting up a beehive inside the classroom, there are pollinator grants that can help you set up hives outside on school grounds to help save the bees! Tell us, have...
Firstly, it is important to understand why beekeeping may be linked to an increased risk of cancer. One reason is due to the venom from honeybees' stings. While bee venom itself does not cause cancer, it contains a compound called melittin which has been shown to activate certain proteins ...
The Bee Book For Beginners: An Apiculture Starter or How To Be A Backyard Beekeeper And Harvest Honey From Your Own Bee Hives (The Backyard Farm Collection)