The Peace Bee Farmer

  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...

  April is the busiest month for bees and beekeepers. Populations of bees are expanding toward their maximum, and flowers are coming into bl...

The honey bee’s year begins on December 21, the winter solstice, and the start of our winter. The weather today is seasonal for central Arka...

  Heifer Ranch at Perryville, Arkansas, part of Little Rock-based Heifer International, is celebrating its eightieth anniversary with a miss...

Making colony divisions, also called making splits, follows the natural behavior of honey bees. It is the natural behavior of honey bee colo...

  The bees are flying today. Even though it is the middle of the winter, the weather is warm today, a January thaw. Bees are making foraging...