During Cornell’s virtual Master Beekeeper Graduate Spotlight, while a beekeeper explained the history of skep hives in England, I found myself thinking about a swarm hanging fifteen feet up in a maple tree at 19th and Shunk. It was one of those warm, sunny mid-April evenings that, Philadelphia-style, follows a few days of sudden freezing. Swarming seems to have started about two weeks earlier than the year before. Conditions were perfect for a colony anxious to split. By the

How Honeybees Use Sound & Vibration to Communicate Inside the hive, there is no light, no spoken language - but it is not silent. The air...

Pure, raw honey is a totally different experience than the stuff you find at the supermarket. Store-bought honey is often adulterated...

The queen is often considered the ruler of the honeybee colony. With a title like "Queen," what else would you expect? In fact, the queen...

As the first signs of spring emerge—buds on trees, warmer days, and blooming flowers—the honeybee hive is buzzing with activity. For...

Over winter, the queen slows down her egg laying, but as February rolls around, she ramps up her production to ensure a large population...

Most people seem to fear honeybee swarms. Maybe if I wasn't educated about honeybees, I could understand how a cloud of thousands of...

When l tell people I'm a beekeeper, at first they don't know what to make of it. It's pretty unusual I suppose to meet a beekeeper in the...

I get a lot of questions about why honeybees make honey and how much can a beekeeper take from the hive. At this time of year, heading...

What do honeybees do in the winter? No, they don’t hibernate like bears in a cave! In fact, honeybees stay active all winter long - but...