Sweeter Than Honey...
Honey bees play a crucial role in our ecosystem by collecting pollen and nectar to produce honey. This serves as a vital food source for them and us. We love having them around our garden as they help pollinate plants that produce the food we eat. Fortunately for us, bees often create more honey than they need, allowing beekeepers to harvest the surplus. It is a joy, and a lot of work, to care for our apiary. We never thought that something so little, could teach us so much!
Helping Bees to Thrive In Our Apiary
These are a few of the things we do around our apiary to care for our bees. We encourage you, even if you do not have bee hives, to adopt these principles too. By learning to love, nurture and care for the little things in nature, we can learn to love, nurture and care for the bigger things in nature also, oh, and each other too!
Support and Preserve Bee Habitats
Preserve safe spaces for bees and wildlife to feed and nest. Plant wildflowers, or flowering lawn alternatives.
Support Local Beekeepers
Purchasing honey and other bee products from local, sustainable beekeepers helps support practices that are beneficial to bee health.
Go Chemical-Free for Bees
Learn to garden and take care of your yard with-out pesticides. These things are harmful and are even deadly to bees. Create a thriving garden and yard where all pollinators including other kinds of bees, (think bumblebee) and thrive.
Build a Bee Bath
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Get a bird bath and place rocks and sticks in it, giving bees a place to land safely and get a drink of water and not drown. Have this available in the heat of summer will be a lifesaver for a little bee and her colony!.
Choose Bee-Friendly Plants
Choose plant that bees love to visit. Plants that offer nectar and pollen are awesome for bees. This helps them create honey that they need for to build comb and get them through the winter. Not to mention you get to enjoy it too!
Bee The Change You Want to See!
Every little bit helps. Continue to learn more about bees, their needs, and what you can do to help them. Then spread the word like pollen to others!
Ten Fun Facts About The Bees In Our Apiary
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Honey bees can fly up to 15 miles per hour, which is faster than most other insects.
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​Bees can sense the hormone humans give off when they're scared.
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​Bees Have Four Wings, Six Legs, & Five Eyes. They use their legs to walk, groom themselves and carry pollen. Their legs can work together or independently to complete a task.
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Bees communicate by dancing, with a waggle dance that lets other bees know where to find food. ​
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Each bee has 170 odorant receptors, which means they have one serious sense of smell! They use this to communicate within the hive and to recognise different types of flowers when looking for food.
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​They can beat their wings almost 200 times per second, that is, 11,400 times per minute to be precise!
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The queen can live up to five years. She is busiest in the summer months, when she can lay up to 2,500 eggs a day!
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If a hive is healthy it can have between 20,000 - 80,000 bees
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More than 150 fruit, grain, seed and vegetable crops in the U.S. depend on pollinators.
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​The honey that bees produce is antibacterial, antimicrobial, and anti-inflammatory; it can be used to help treat wounds.
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What's All The Buzz...
Welcome to What's All The Buzz...around our apiary! Join us as we explore the fascinating world of these incredible pollinators and share tips for nurturing your own hive.
