Types of Honey: 17 Honey Varieties & What Makes Them Different
There are over 300 different types of honey. From Jarrah, lavender, rosemary, and heather, you'll find many unique flavors, floral notes, nutrients, and other health benefits from these varying types...
Buying Bees: How To Get Honeybees & Introduce Them To Your Colony
Populating your beehive is a common activity for beekeepers. Colonies often die, or the queen may need to be replaced, making it your responsibility to introduce your hive with additional bees. In...
What Do Bees Eat? A Bee’s Diet & How To Keep Your Hive Healthy
The most common food bees eat is nectar, pollen, and the honey they produce. They also consume royal jelly, which is a milky secretion from young worker bees. Other supplementary foods used by...
Yes! Raw honeycomb is, in fact, edible. And it happens to be one of our favorite ways to eat honey. We get this question a lot– is raw honeycomb edible and safe to eat? So, in this...
What Does A Queen Bee Look Like? How To Find The Queen Bee In Your Beehive
The most distinct physical attribute of the queen bee is the long abdomen. The queen bee's wings remain short, only partially covering her abdomen. Also, her legs tend to be significantly larger than...
Benefits Of Beekeeping: 5 Benefits Beekeeping Has On You, Your Environment & the World
The benefits of beekeeping are abundant. We cannot understate how valuable bees are for the environment and economy, but beekeeping provides many other benefits to the world. Below is a shortlist,...
