The Peace Bee Farmer

Independence Day, the Fourth of July, is a day of celebration in the United States. It’s the day that the Declaration of Independence was...

Every honey bee hive has a queen, and only bees can produce honey bee queens. Queen production peaks in the spring when there are drone b...

One hundred people quite deliberately headed toward Savannah, Tennessee in spite of extreme rainfall, flooding, and violent weather. They...

Whenever I encounter evening primrose plants in bloom, I watch them for a while. These native plants attract a variety of bees and other...

A beekeeper friend who is an avid outdoorsman proclaims, “I’d rather catch a swarm of bees than a five-pound bass!” Beekeepers manage col...

The sun rose this morning as far south along the horizon as it will appear anytime through the year. We call this day the winter solstice...

Propolis is one of four substances, along with nectar pollen, and water, that foraging honey bees bring into their hive. The collection o...