Have your hive ready before the package bees arrive. Be sure the hive has been provided with honey or sugar syrup for feed. The entrance of the hive should be reduced to a width of about 2 inches by stuffing grass or newspaper into the entrance slot. Do not close the entrance completely because more »

Make sure your hive does not have a queen. Remove the cork from the candy end of the queen cage. Wedge the queen cage between two of the center frames with the screen on the cage exposed downward toward the bottom of the hive so that the bees can access the queen through the screen. The bees must more »

As in a few other types of eusocial bees, a colony generally contains one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand more »

Pollination by insects is called entomophily. Entomophily is a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by insects, particularly bees, butterflies, moths, flies and beetles. Note that honey bees will pollinate many plant species that are not native to areas where honey bees occur, and more »

Did you know…

• Bees have 5 eyes
• Bees fly about 20 mph
• Bees are insects, so they have 6 legs
• Male bees in the hive are called drones
• Female bees in the hive (except the queen) are called worker bees
• Losing its stinger more »

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