…Even large colonies with more than 12 frames of bees (about 30,000 bees) have less than a 0.5 probability (50 percent chance) of being suitable for almond pollination if they…
How to Build a Do-It-Yourself Bee House
Everyone know how important bees are for pollinating our plants. Cathy Isom checks out the bees living arrangements by letting you know how to build a do-it-yourself bee house. That’s…
Planning the Perfect Herbal and Flower Tea Garden
…to tea gardens, and if you have bees, they will add a beautiful flavor to your honey. Sage leaves and sage tea There are several plants essential to your tea…
Wasps are Beneficial Insects for Your Garden
…land. If you’re an avid gardener then you know wasps are beneficial. They fly around feeding on your plants. In early summer wasps, like bees, pollinate plants and flowers as…
Which of the Five Common Breed of Honeybees is Best for You?
Carniolan bees on comb By Waugsberg – eigene Aufnahme – own photograph, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Cathy Isom has covered many different areas of raising and care of bees. In…
Helping Defend Your Bees Against Bee Predators
Cathy Isom remains with her series on bees by giving you a few great tips about how to help defend your bees against bee predators. That’s coming up on This…
How Bees Defend Themselves from Predators
In this part of her series on raising bees, Cathy Isom lets you know about how bees defend themselves. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. How Bees Defend…
Predators that Prey on Bees and Your Harvest
…enjoy eating bees themselves, and they will actually suck on the bees, and spit out the parts they aren’t interested in eating. A skunk will collect bees from the lower…
You Can Help Bring Back the Bee Population
…but unfortunately are a dwindling population. Bees occur on every continent except Antarctica, and wherever you find insect-pollinated, flowering plants you will find bees. Of the nearly 20,000 known bee…
How to Sell Your Honey and Beeswax Harvest
In this, the third segment of her series on bees, Cathy Isom fills you in on how to sell your honey and beeswax harvest. That’s coming up on This Land…
Best Flowers to Grow for a Bee Garden
…plant provides an ideal transition for bees between spring and summer blossoms. Bees also love roses, clover, Bachelor button, and lavender. Bees also adore all sorts of berry flowers, such…
How to Raise Your Own Queen Bees
Beekeeper is holding plate with queen cells. Beekeeping queen cell for larvae of queen bees. Beekeeper in apiary with frame with sealed queen bees, ready to go out for breeding…
The Western View: Fishy Business About Bumblebees
Courtesy: Xerces Society / Rich Hatfield So when is a bumblebee a fish? When it gets a California lawyer. Scientists say that 4 varieties of bumblebees in serious danger. They…
Why You Need to Grow Mixed Berries at Home
…They’re also inexpensive, easy to preserve, and versatile. Berries are tremendous whole food ingredients to work with. and show up in all sorts of recipes. They also attract birds, bees,…