Honey and Bees — Little Keepers

We want to bee honest with this post, a small patch of flowers planted in your yard is not going to save the bees in the short term. While it will produce some pollen and nectar, it won't be enough to fulfill all of the bees, birds or other pollinators needs. But that's not our mission when convincing you to plant flowers, and it shouldn't be your goal when doing so. The fruit of this labor is awareness! By showing others the beauty of moving away from pristine green lawns you can have an impact locally. If even only one passer...

We get a lot of questions from our community about honey! One of the more popular is exactly how is honey made? Most people have a general idea, but aren't aware of all the miraculous little details that occur. Our goal with this post is take you on a quick tour of the basics of honey production and give you a little more of a connection to the honey bee! Where does honey come from? It all starts with forager honey bees. These are the bees that you see out visiting flowers or drinking water around your swimming pool. Forager...

This is a relatively simple project and certainly suitable for kids. As with anything it may take a few tries to get comfortable with the process. Don’t be afraid to go back a step or two and try again if needed. Every honey bee looks different and so does every paper bee! Have fun and if you, or someone in your hive makes a bee, post it on Instagram or Facebook and tag us.  We’d love to see them! Materials Paper - You’ll need a square, we used 5.5” x 5”5 inches for ours, cut from an 8.5” x 11”...

Creating royalty is a bee’s specialty! The most important single bee in the hive starts from a fertilized egg which is actually exactly the same type of egg as any other worker bee. Drones (males) are actually unfertilized eggs, but more on that in another post! Depending on the situation in which the colony finds itself needing a queen the egg will either be laid in a queen cup (a cell designed specifically for raising a queen-planned) or a worker cell (these are used to make a queen in an emergency situation-unplanned).  In the picture above you can see a...

Here are a few links to paper flowers that we've made in the past. We picked these because they are beautiful and most importantly - EASY! They take a few hours of your time, but it's well worth it! From How About Orange - These are the flowers from our picture Love Pomegranate House - Paper Dahlia HGTV - Rolled Paper Roses Good Luck!