The Peace Bee Farmer

I met Elvis Opris, the owner of Brothers Honey Company, https://www.facebook.com/brothershoneyco , in his bee yard, and we started our day e...

The hot, droughty mid-summer period is often called the Dog Days of Summer, and a significant dearth of nectar often exists from July th...

Throughout the spring, bees have been visiting flowering trees and plants to collect nectar and pollen to gather food for their colonies....

Toad Suck Daze is a social gathering held every spring in Conway, Arkansas, a state that has its share of towns with names reflecting a ...

The queen bee doesn’t have any royal duties. Thousands of bees in her hive don’t even pay her much attention; a dozen workers attend to h...

Beekeepers have a centuries-old tradition of moving their hives an inch to notify the bees of the death of a family member. Today three b...

We don’t keep bees alone; our bees don’t live alone. Beekeepers belong to a social community. We share the environment with other beekee...