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A Bee's Work is Never Done - Part 1

The first long weekend of the summer has finally arrived here in Manitoba, Canada. Yay!!! 😊 Around this time every year, weather...

Freezing, Starving, or Suffocating: What Kills Bees in Winter?

Many beginning beekeepers make the mistake of worrying about their bees freezing to death in the winter. When I first started beekeeping,...

February - The Month of Love: Courtship Bee-havior in Bees

February 14th is Valentine’s Day. It’s a day when many of us humans make a point of taking our 'special someone' out for dinner, buying...

What Bees Do In Winter – Part 3: They Try to Stay Warm

Now that it’s getting into late January, most of us living in cooler climes like Canada spend our days bundled up at home, with the heat...

What Bees Do in Winter – Part 2: Hedging their Bets for Survival

Right about now, many of us might bee celebrating the New Year. But arguably, for bees, THEIR New Year starts with the onset of Fall....

What Bees Do in Winter - Part 1: Battle of the Sexes

After bee-ing tasked with bee-ing "Beekeeper" for our local environment committee, I took a night-school course to learn all about bees....