In the spring, with the bursting efflorescence, the foraging worker bees transport profuse amounts of nectar and pollen to their hive, where the queen (mother) of the hive ramps up the laying process, reaching up to 1500-2000 eggs per day. The surge in population is
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A heavy, woody fragrance suffuses the air about the apiary…
The bees fly about in a frenzy, their legs ferrying tiny yellow balls of pollen: the blossoming of chestnut trees has begun…
Every place has its own climatic conditions unique to the area, melliferous flora and other peculiarities to which a beekeeper adapts, while they pursue the successive florescence of interest.
The single most concern of ours throughout the entire year of beekeeping is the efflorescence of thyme. The honey bees
