Bee-U

03/23/2024

Did you know that honey bees have 5 eyes? 👀 you can see the three secret eyes on the queen pretty clearly here! They are in a triangle formation on the top of heat head. Do you see them? These simple eyes help bees to navigate using the sun. 🌞

03/14/2024

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As Dandelions start to flower, please remember they are a valuable early food source for honey bees and other pollinators.
Maybe change to thinking of them as a plant and not a w**d.

03/13/2024

11/22/2023

A Leeds researcher is keen to help beekeepers shape their practices following his study which appears to disprove the widespread belief that honeybees naturally insulate their colonies against the cold. His findings suggest that the creatures are potentially being subjected to thermally-induced stre...

10/21/2023

Honey varies widely in colour, flavour, odour and consistency. It can range from almost white, through light and dark amber to almost black. The consistency can be runny, a gel, soft or hard set. The flowers that the bees collect nectar from determine the characteristics of the honey.
Most honey will granulate over time, It hasn't gone off, gentle warming will return it to an original state.

08/07/2023

We have Clary Sage, Wildflower and Sourwood available for porch pick up. Visit our website at

07/16/2023

Non-beekeepers are sometimes surprised by the wide-range of local honey available. Local honey can vary in colour from almost white to dark amber. It can be runny, gel-like, soft set or granulated. Granulation is not a sign it has 'gone off' and gentle warming can quickly restore honey to liquid. Colour, flavour, odour and granulation all vary with the floral source of the nectar that the bees bring home. Honey can also come in the comb, in sections or with chunks in jars.
Enjoy the diversity.

05/17/2023

It’s that time!

04/16/2023

Happy Biologist Day to all the bee scientists out there! Your dedication to understanding and preserving these important pollinators is truly inspiring 🐝🌺🌻

04/14/2023

Native bees in the Oregon Coast Range are diverse and abundant in clearcut areas within a few years of timber harvest but their numbers drop sharply as planted trees grow and the forest canopy closes, research by Oregon State University shows.

04/06/2023

It's the spines. This is the conclusion of two new papers, led by researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, showing that the spiny pollen from plants in the sunflower family (Asteraceae) both reduces infection of a common bee parasite by 81-94% and markedly increases the production of....