Add to Favorites Most of us realize the importance of being wary of the heat for people, pets, and livestock, but we often forget that the bees could use a …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites About six years ago our son (who was 12 at the time) told us he wanted to start keeping bees. Beekeeping was something we were interested in starting …
Read MoreWhy are honeybees important? Honeybees are important not because of honey, which certainly is a tasty, nutritious and more importantly, environmentally neutral sweet but honey is simply a by-product of pollination. Pollination is the most important thing honeybees do. Pollination is the transfer of pollen (male) to structures (stigma) on another flower of the same species.
Read MoreAdd to Favorites By Maurice Hladik – Growing up on the farm, my father had a few beehives so when I recently watched the documentary “What Are the Bees Telling Us?” …
Read MoreAdd to Favorites This year was our first for keeping bees on the homestead. First we had to learn all about starting beekeeping, and I am glad we started by …
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