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How to create a water station for honey bees
Bees are busy creatures and collect four essential resources each day, depending on what the colony needs at the time; namely nectar, pollen, propolis, and water. Interesting fact: A honeybee...
How to create a water station for honey bees
Bees are busy creatures and collect four essential resources each day, depending on what the colony needs at the time; namely nectar, pollen, propolis, and water. Interesting fact: A honeybee...
Peanut Butter Truffles
Serving Size 1 Servings 24 Ingredients 200 g Peel’s Peanut Butter 100 g butter 150 g sifted icing sugar 200 g dark chocolate (55% or 60%) Edible gold leaf for garnishing...
Peanut Butter Truffles
Serving Size 1 Servings 24 Ingredients 200 g Peel’s Peanut Butter 100 g butter 150 g sifted icing sugar 200 g dark chocolate (55% or 60%) Edible gold leaf for garnishing...
The Honeybee
Common name Honeybee Scientific name Apis mellifera Type Invertebrates Diet Herbivore Group name Swarm, colony Average lifespan Up to 5 years For centuries, honeybee beehives have produced honey, honeycomb, and...
The Honeybee
Common name Honeybee Scientific name Apis mellifera Type Invertebrates Diet Herbivore Group name Swarm, colony Average lifespan Up to 5 years For centuries, honeybee beehives have produced honey, honeycomb, and...
Tips for a bee-friendly garden
The important for bees as in the food ecosystem and food security more specifically cannot be overstated. Amongst other factors, climate change has impacted the areas in which bees can...
Tips for a bee-friendly garden
The important for bees as in the food ecosystem and food security more specifically cannot be overstated. Amongst other factors, climate change has impacted the areas in which bees can...
Navigating honey labels
Outside of its purity and source of origin, the main criteria to consider when buying honey is whether the honey has been irradiated (see more on this here) and the extent...
Navigating honey labels
Outside of its purity and source of origin, the main criteria to consider when buying honey is whether the honey has been irradiated (see more on this here) and the extent...
All creatures great and small: the elephants an...
Elephants fear bees – and this fear can save their lives. A bee’s stinger cannot penetrate an elephant’s thick hide but if a swarm of bees gets the better of...
All creatures great and small: the elephants an...
Elephants fear bees – and this fear can save their lives. A bee’s stinger cannot penetrate an elephant’s thick hide but if a swarm of bees gets the better of...