A special thanks to our guest blog author Christy Erickson from the non-profit Saving Our Bees! Photo via Pixabay by UlleoBees are some of the most important, interesting creatures on the planet, yet they are pretty misunderstood in many areas of the country. Many people are scared of them and view them as pests, when actually they’re extremely…
Diary of a Newbee: Fall Checks
Introduction Ah, the autumn. Cooling temperatures, changing leaves, and thousands of honey bees desperately searching for every last bit of food. Honey bees, like their mammal counterparts, spend spring, summer and fall gathering and storing incredible amounts of food to get through the winter. Until the temperature drops around 60 degrees Farenheit, and as long…