First off, lavender, as many claim, is a bee magnet. It’s essential for gardeners to plant lavender seeds or let wild lavender grow. The plant has both nectar and pollen to feed the bee. Lavender blooms during the midsummer period, where bees are at their busiest season, so it is a huge benefit. Bees areContinueContinue reading “Lavender + Bees”
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Your Cellphone is Killing the Bees
Today, 7.1 billion people use a mobile phone. On a phone, contacts, education, communication, and access to the modern world are all guaranteed. By 2024 the number of mobile users will reach 7.41 billion. Although there are many beneficial advantages of a mobile phone, there will come the consequence. What are Cell Phone Towers? WithContinueContinue reading “Your Cellphone is Killing the Bees”
A World Without Bees
When eating a salad, pizza, or strawberry ice cream, did you ever stop and wonder how your food got onto your plate. Of course humans play apart in this role, but did you ever think of insects. Bees perhaps? One out of three bites of food on a well-balanced plate is pollinated by bees. Do youContinueContinue reading “A World Without Bees”
I Say Ice, You Say Scream…For The Bees
ATTENTION ALL ICECREAM LOVERS! What do you know about bees and ice cream? To the average person, there is no clear distinction between the two. One is sweet while the other stings. Yet, they are two things we couldn’t live without. Our ice cream fate relies on the bees. As bees pollinate ⅓ of ourContinueContinue reading “I Say Ice, You Say Scream…For The Bees”
The Winter Months
During the cold winter months, we put on coats, mittens, and hats to keep ourselves warm. Other animals like bears hibernate and some birds fly to the south, in attempts to survive. But what do honeybees do during these months? The outdoors are dead, quiet, but extreme. We don’t hear any buzzing near our gardens,ContinueContinue reading “The Winter Months”
Her Majesty the Queen
We all heard of the Royal Queen of England. Nevertheless, have you heard of the Royal Queen of the hive? In every colony, there is typically one queen with thousands of worker bees and drones. Her job is crucial to the reproduction and ultimate fate of the hive. She will lay 2,000 eggs a dayContinueContinue reading “Her Majesty the Queen”
Mason Bees
What Are They? They are not just any type of bee. The Genus Osmia, are the building foundation for the ecosystem as they are extraordinary, productive pollinators. But you can’t compare them to the honeybee, because for starters they don’t make honey. They are typically smaller in size than the honeybee and are a metallicContinueContinue reading “Mason Bees”
Bee The Change 