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Bee part of the solution

Bee part of the solution

For several years now, bees have become the global ambassador of biodiversity and a mean to fight a detrimental environment. They symbolise the common commitment to help save our planet and preserve our wildlife. You may wonder how can I have a meaningful impact and...

The Worker Bee

The Worker Bee

Colonies’ organisation and hierarchy is a fascinating process to learn about. Each member of the hive has a specific role within the community to ensure social cohesion and survival. Besides the queen and male drones, the rest of the bees are known as worker bees....

The Queen Bee

The Queen Bee

The queen’s morphology and body shape is adapted to reproduction’s need, meaning that she is larger, thereby making it easier for beekeepers to find her among workers and males. Her two priorities are to lay eggs and regulate the colony’s activities via pheromones....

What happens if you kill a queen bee?

What happens if you kill a queen bee?

First you’re very sad! You are allowed to say rude words then and blame yourself. As for the workers, they‘ll notice the disappearance of their queen within a few hours. If you listen very carefully the noise made by a colony, the humming or buzzing is different...

How do bee hives start?

How do bee hives start?

It’s like the egg and the hen, which came first ? How does it work in the wild ? In the wild, a bee colony, which means several thousand workers, some drones and a queen are living in a cavity. It can be a hole in a tree trunk, a proper beehive, a chimneystack, a...

Drone bee

Drone bee

Drones’ mere role is their reproduction abilities, indeed their only duty within the hive is to fertilize their queen. They are by no mean useful to the hive or their peers. Their lives is fairly short. They live from spring to autumn if the food resources allow it,...

Bees’ sense of smell

Bees’ sense of smell

Bees use their sense of smell to communicate. They detect a lot of different smells, both inside and outside of the hive, to spot an enemy or locate flowers. If you look at a bee, the fist thing you notice is their always-moving antennas. It is their most essential...

The secret of a healthy hive

The secret of a healthy hive

Bees need clean water, nectar but above all a rich and diverse pollen. In addition to a good diet, beekeepers can keep their hives healthy by having a young queen and regularly changing its frames. As for all living beings, healthy food equals healthy bees. The queen...

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