One of my friends installed some kind of nesting blocks in her garden that she said would help attract native bees. I was wondering if this was worthwhile doing. If it is, I would like some tips on ...
Thank you for this question, Noel. Installing a nesting block is a great way to help attract native bees to pollinate your garden. This is something you can buy or make yourself. Rot-resistant cedar ...
Top-bar hives are becoming increasingly popular with beekeepers as they help encourage bees to colonize in a more natural way than Langstroth beehives. The horizontal top-bar hives have bars across ...
Today is World Bee Day! To celebrate this occasion, Bentley, of all companies, made an exciting announcement: it's expanding its Excellence Center for Honey Production, growing its colony size of the ...
I’m entranced. Entranced, fascinated and possibly a smidge obsessed with honey bees. Laura and I made a whole bunch of new friends this week. About 14,000 of them. Installing bees in a hive was a bit ...
It was all about the bees last week for two Park Slope residents who set up a hive on the roof of a Brooklyn brownstone, home to about 12,000 fuzzy pollinators. Early Friday morning, the beekeepers — ...