Posts Tagged: bee colonies

Thinking of Becoming a Commercial Beekeeper?

So you're thinking of become a commercial beekeeper and renting your colonies to almond growers.  California currently grows some 900,000 acres of almonds, and each acre requires two colonies for pollination. A friend gave you some old bee...

A queen bee and her retinue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

A queen bee and her retinue. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Smoking a hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Smoking a hive. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

If I Had a Hammer...

The number of new housing developments throughout the country continues to shrink as we struggle with the throes of a deep recession. That's with human housing, not in a healthy honey bee hive. The bees are busy building up their colonies, just as they...

Queen Bee

QUEEN BEE (with the dot) is surrounded by worker bees (sterile females). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Line-Up

WORKER BEES are lined up in perfect formation as they tend to the queen bee. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

Inspecting a Cell

QUEEN BEE pokes her head in a cell before laying an egg in it. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)

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