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Honey and Bees — Honey Bee Education

Pollen Power

Honey Bee Education Wellness

Pollen Power

Let's talk about the benefits of consuming bee pollen! If you've been keeping up with our newsletter, you probably know that pollen is collected by bees to feed their larvae. It is one of nature's most nourishing foods for them and for us! Bee pollen is roughly 40% protein.  Pollen also contains nearly all the nutrients required by the human body. Half of pollen’s protein is free amino acids which are ready to be used immediately by the body. In fact, pollen contains more protein then any animal source and more amino acids by weight then eggs or beef!  Despite...

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Honey bees help fight Lyme

Honey Bee Education Lyme

Honey bees help fight Lyme

Honey bees do more then make honey and wax, they are helping some people fight Lyme disease! I had the pleasure of attending a meeting of the Kentuckiana Lyme Support Group. They are a tremendous group of people who meet once a month to provide support for those suffering from Lyme disease. If you are not aware of Lyme, it is a tick-borne bacterial infection which can be quite debilitating. Symptoms are often mistaken for other illnesses, diagnosis can be difficult and unfortunately doctors typically only test for it as a last resort. Treatment involves antibiotics, however no regimen of...

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Electric Bees!

Honey Bee Education

Electric Bees!

We've all seen bees covered in pollen.  You've probably seen pictures of bees with full pollen baskets (that's where they store pollen on their legs).  But how do the bees actually get the pollen from the flower into their "basket'?  Bees are covered with tiny hairs all over their body.  As they fly through the air they build up a positive static charge from air friction.  As flowers and trees are well grounded (literally), they have a negative charge as does pollen relative to the air around it. So when a bee comes in contact with a flower, the negatively...

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Honey bees take America!

Honey Bee Education

Honey bees take America!

Believe it or not like most of us, honey bees are not native to North America!  There is a great book called "Bees in America - How the Honey Bee Shaped a Nation" by Tammy Horn that details the importance of the honey bee in the growth of our nation if you're interested. Interestingly enough honey bees started their North American tour by taking a permanent vacation on an island! The Sea Venture, sent by the Virginia Company to resupply Plymouth in 1609, was blown off course and ran aground in Bermuda. The Virginia Company took possession of the Bermudas...

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It's Winter - What are the bees doing?

Honey Bee Education

It's Winter - What are the bees doing?

We’ve talked about how bees cool their hive, now let’s look at how they heat things up!!  As Fall approaches and the temperature drops, activity in the hive begins to change.  Once the temperature drops to 50˚F and below, bees will not fly.  It becomes too cool for them to maintain their individual body temperatures of 95˚F in flight.  When it gets this cold, bees will begin to cluster inside the hive.  This is where bees move themselves very close together in order to generate and conserve heat.  This cluster is usually formed where the bees can access honey and...

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