Are you as thrilled with the warmer temperatures as we are?  Up on our hill fruit trees are blooming and honeybees are buzzing. The ‘king’ bee has been busy busy busy;  hiving new packages,  getting the bee yards in shape and preparing for, hopefully, a bountiful honey season.         […]

Honeybees –     “Apis mellifera” a honey producing bee that lives in organized groups and has been domesticated for its honey and beeswax since ancient times’*(Encarta). Did you know:  Honeybees  dance.  Scout bees bring back information to the hive and perform a ‘wig wag’ or ‘waggle’  dance to tell the forager bees where to find water, […]