by Nicolas Geant | Jan 20, 2019 | News
What is a queen bee? The queen bee is the primary reproductive female in a honey bee colony. A healthy colony normally has one queen, and her main role is to lay the eggs that produce the next generation of bees. But the queen does more than lay eggs. Through...
by Nicolas Geant | Jan 9, 2019 | News
by Nicolas Geant | Jan 6, 2019 | News
Will bees attack you if you kill their queen? No. A honey bee colony will not deliberately attack you because you killed its queen. Bees do not understand the event in the human sense or seek revenge. However, a queenless colony can become more agitated because the...
by Nicolas Geant | Jan 4, 2019 | News
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...
by Nicolas Geant | Dec 16, 2018 | News
What is a drone bee? A drone bee is a male honey bee. Unlike worker bees, which are female, drones do not collect nectar or pollen, produce wax, or perform most of the daily tasks inside the hive. Their primary biological role is reproduction: drones mate with virgin...
by Nicolas Geant | Dec 13, 2018 | News
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...
