Honey is a sweetener, but it’s more than simply sweet. The flavor of raw, unpasteurized honey is a direct reflection of the land. Each drop is a story of where the honeybees forage and pollinate; each ...
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Bees are turning the sticky-sweet secretions of spotted lanternflies into honey—and some people love the smoky-smelling stuff
Ever since they first arrived in America in 2014, invasive spotted lanternflies have been making their presence known. Native ...
When we talk about bees, the first one that typically comes to mind is the European honeybee. You may not know them by that name, but they are the type of bees most beekeepers are keeping in hives.
Scientific name of bee is Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee), part of the Apidae family. Bees are crucial pollinators, adding $18 billion to US agriculture annually. There are over 20,000 species; key ...
A bumblebee lands on the flowers of a white sloe bush. Soeren Stache/picture alliance via Getty Images Stephen Buchmann, University of Arizona As trees and flowers blossom in spring, bees emerge from ...
Honey bees are incredibly social insects. They live together in big groups with other bees in an organized society that scientists call eusocial, which means every bee has a job to do. This could be ...
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