Did you know? "To say bee pollen is nutritious is definitely an understatement.  It is super nutritious!  In Fact, it contains nearly all the nutrients required by the human body.  It is rich in enzymes and contains all the necessary amino acids the body requires."  (Broadhurst p.8, 2000) Lear...

Did you know? "An essential item of equipment as far as the bee-keeper is concerned.  There is quite a variation in quality and ease of use in respect of smokers, so try to look at and compare a few different types before making a final choice.  A smoker is a device used to puff smoke into th...

Did you know? "Thing of the word 'bee', and most of us will conjure up the image of a small, plump, rather fuzzy creature, buzzing languidly from flower to flower on a hot summer's afternoon, pollinating the flowers in our gardens as it proceeds.  This picture is a perfectly accurate one, and ...

Did you know? "Once back in the hive, the scout will perform one of several types of movements, known as dances, that signal to other hive members the location and abundance of the new food source she has found.  Forager bees will perform sililar dances.  Dances are performed in the darkness of t...

Did you know? "A worker bee that is ready to undertake food-foraging tasks starts by positioning herself near to the hive entrance so that she can receive nectar from bees that are already foraging.  Provided there is plenty of room in the hive in which to store the nectar, the bee will be keen ...

Did you know? "The worker is the most abundant type of bee in the hive.  In fact, apart from the queen, and the drones produced when mating is required, the colony consists only of workers.  Workers are the smallest hive members, ranging in size from 0.5 to 0.7in or so, and they are non-reprodu...

Did you know? "Once a colony has become too big (in other words, when all the available space has been filled with eggs, larvae and food) and is about to swarm, there are various signs of activity that a bee-keeper will notice.  The workers will begin to build queen brood cells;  these are larger...

Did you know? "Propolis is a sort of general-purpose building agent that honeybees make from the resins that plants produce to protect their buds against invasion by bacteria and fungi or to prevent insects from eating them.  Plants used to make propolis include poplars and various species of co...

Did you know? "Beeswax is a natural form of wax produced by the Apis species of bees by the time they are about 12 days old.  Worker honeybees have wax glands on the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh abdominal segments.  The wax secreted from the glands is first manipulated be the bee's legs and...