The Peace Bee Farmer

Spiderwort, seen in today’s photo, is in bloom now. This perennial native wildflower is a reliable source of pollen for honey bees. The plan...

Honey bee populations expand rapidly in the spring. Prolific queens are stimulated to lay eggs at their maximum rate in April as flowers com...

While honey bees do not fly in cold weather, they do venture out of their hive on the occasional warm winter day. Bees make cleansing flight...

We cannot go deep into our bee hives in the winter, but it is good advice to make a brief inspection of our hives on warm winter days. Break...

  Heifer Ranch is a working ranch and agricultural demonstration farm at Perryville, Arkansas. This year I witnessed at the ranch how honey ...

  Honey bee foragers collect four things to bring into their hives: nectar, pollen, propolis and water. The bee colony is quite adept at con...

Honey bees produce queens on three occasions: when the colony reproduces through swarming, when the colony replaces its queen through supers...