Types of Bees
Beekeeping supplies: Honey Extractors
The Honey Extractor A honey extractor is an electric or hand-powered mechanical device that uses centrifugal force to extract honey from honeycombs. When used properly, […]
Types of Bees
Ground Bees – Signs of Ground Bees and What to Do
Ground bees (aka underground bees, aka digger bees) are, as the name implies bees that live underground. There are many different types of bees that […]
Types of Bumble Bees in the Eastern United States
Bumble bees don’t make honey but they are vitally important pollinators of wild and managed plants, like tomato plants raised in greenhouses. There are […]
Bee Anatomy Diagram
As this bee anatomy diagram illustrates, bees, like all other insects, have bodies made up of three basic components: head, thorax, and abdomen. Bees have […]
How to get rid of carpenter bees
Here’s how to get rid of carpenter bees. Entomolygists recommend applying an insecticidal dust directly into the nest opening. The best way to do […]
Types of Bees: Honey Bees: Queen Bee
The Queen bee is the mother or sister of all the bees in a hive. A queen bee is born when worker bees feed a bee larva royal […]
Types of Bees: The Zombee
There are many types of bees found in nature, but perhaps none are as downright bizarre and terrifying as the zombee. That’s right, as if killer bees […]
Types of Bees: Bumble Bee Gallery
These amazing high resolution images of bumble bees were taken by Sam Droege for the USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab. Even more incredible images […]
Do carpenter bees sting?
Do carpenter bees sting? Short answer: yes. Longer answer: unless you’re Winny the Pooh, and you stick your fingers in a bee nest looking for honey, […]
Types of Bees: Honey Bees: Drone Bees
Drones are male honey bees. Of the three basic types of bees (queen bee, worker bee, drone bee), only drones are male and drones are […]