In winter months, closely monitor weight of honey bee hives to avoid starvation. Take advantage of 50-plus degree days by feeding hives that lack food stores then.
Bumblebee guards are actually pretty casual about sterile intruders. They’ll spend a little extra time examining them with their antennae, before allowing them inside. But when fertile intruders show ...
Honey bees are under extreme pressure. Beekeepers in the US have been losing and then replacing an average of 40% of their honey bee colonies every year since 2010, a rate that is probably ...