Weekly Beesearch: Bee Stings

Weekly Beesearch: Bee Stings

Honey Bees, and bees in general, often get a bad rap because of their defense mechanism: stinging. However, foraging bees rarely sting people, it’s when you are near the hive, and posing a threat that bees will begin to sting a person actively. A honey bee will...
Weekly Beesearch: What’s In a Beehive?

Weekly Beesearch: What’s In a Beehive?

Bees.  In the typical hive, there are 3 kinds of bees. The Queen, the drone, and the workers. Then there are larvae, which begin life as eggs laid by the Queen, and in around 14 days, emerge as new worker bees. Worker bees are responsible for the maintenance and...
Weekly Beesearch: Arnia Hive Monitors

Weekly Beesearch: Arnia Hive Monitors

Starting in around 2011, new technology began to pop up on beekeeping forums worldwide. A new startup, called Arnia, a UK based beekeeping company, was making waves by claiming that they could monitor hive health using acoustics. This was not a new phenomenon, similar...