Let's take a quick look at how many queens a hive can have and how important they are to the colony. There can be (usually) only one queen bee in a hive, so when new queens hatch, they must kill off...
Category: Production
Like plants, honey bees have an active season when they feed on flowers and a dormant period when the hive goes dormant. Honey bees remain active throughout the winter despite low temperatures and a...
The queen lays a fertilized (female) or unfertilized (male) egg depending on the width of the cage. On the other hand, if a queen approaches a larger kelp cell to deposit a male egg, the queen does...
Colony collapse disorder is a phenomenon where worker bees from a beehive or other colony abruptly disappear and leave behind the queen, plenty of honey, and just a few nurse bees to care for the...
Plant at least two different varieties of apple trees within 50 feet of each other for good fruit. You can also increase fruit yield by planting more apple trees for better cross-pollination....
I know that fruit trees have a much longer lifespan than is often claimed online, so I did some research and found a specific lifespan for each tree. Apple trees can live 100 years or more and bear...