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Give bees a chance

About 2 years ago I saw a T -Shirt with a huge picture of a bee on the front and the words "give bees a chance" written all around it. . I thought it looked really 'cool' but the T-shirts were not available...

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How Do Bees Make Honey?

Honey is made only by certain members of the honeybee colony. These bees, called workers, forage for nectar. It is estimated that worker bees must obtain nectar from more than two million flowers to make a...

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Bee keeping

“How To Start Beekeeping Even If You're An Absolute Beginner!" Are you one of the few people in the world worried about they're carbon footprint, well I am. The weather is getting worse and...

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How to Keep Bees: A Guide to Bee Keeping for Honey

Learning how to keep bees is becoming increasingly popular motivated by the opportunity to be a part of the miraculous process of producing honey. It may seem a little daunting at first taking up being a...

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How to get started beekeeping

Here you will learn everything you need to know about starting beekeeping. Learning how to set it up right and gain knowledge from experts who have been doing it for years

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Beekeeping For Beginners - What You Need To Know To Get Started

Beekeeping is an ancient endeavor. People have been involved in beekeeping for 1000's of years in one form or another, but modern beekeeping came about when the Langstroth hive was developed in 1878. This...

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Beginning Beekeeping

The decision of whether or not to keep bees is a personal one. Not everyone is cut out to keep small, stinging insects, even if they love honey. Bees require a lot of attention, especially if you're...

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The Roman and the Bee: Land of Wax and Honey

Thyme honey was a favorite with Ancient Romans who disregarded heather and granulated honey. Honey served many different purposes, and its bi-product, wax, also had many ingenious uses.Honey was used like we...

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The Roman and the Bee: the art of Beekeeping in Ancient Rome

Beekeeping was practiced on a large scale in Imperial Italy, and it was considered a highly scientific and specialized industry. Though some Roman beliefs seem a bit surprising - for instance, the queen was...

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What's killing the honey bees?

There are about 250,000 species of flowering plants on earth that require pollination. Wind, gravity, water, birds, bats and insects are the forces that accomplish pollination. This process accidentally...

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