It’s been really dry here in the NC Foothills. In fact, we live in one of the two driest counties in our state. This puts the bees around here in a tough spot. When the weather is dry, flowers don’t bloom. When flowers don’t bloom, there’s no nectar or pollen for the bees. No nectar or … More A Tisket A Tasket…Bees Have A Pollen Basket
Welcome to Armchair Entomology 101! You’ve all heard somebody say they’ve been stung by a bee. But why does the poor honeybee always have to take the blame for the stings? Yes, a honeybee can and will sting, but bees rarely sting when looking for food or water. Since bees have barbed stingers, the act of stinging tears away part … More To Bee or Not to Bee
When I was in high school, Where’s Waldo was a popular character. People spent hours looking for the guy in a red and white striped shirt, carefully camouflaged but in plain view. Finding the queen in a hive is like that. There’s one in the photo above. She’s a lot like the rest of the girls, … More Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch…Sweet Talking Our Queen
We watched and waited, and our bee friends only grew in number. No beekeeper in their right mind wanted any part of hive removal from the top of a second story column, not that I can blame them. It WAS a sticky situation and getting stickier by the minute. All those busy bees were busy doing their … More You Don’t Have to Go Home, But You’ve Gotta Go
Sometimes you make a conscious effort to add a new activity or hobby to your life. Perhaps you decide to start running or stamp collecting. Maybe you learn to knit or you collect rocks…. BUT SOMETIMES your new hobby falls out of the sky and lands on your doorstep. At least that’s what happened to … More A Beeline Into Our Hearts
Bee Sweet Bee Farm 