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In February, the weather in our Puget Sound area remains wintry, and honey bees are still clustered in their hives. If workers emerge for a cleansing flight on a warmer day (at least 45o), they might...
In January, the bees are snug in their hive, with the queen at the center of the warming cluster. There are no drones, typically no brood and the bees feed on their stored honey. The workers will...
Jeepers, Creepers! Where’d You Get those Peepers? Bees have amazing eyes--all FIVE of them! Two are big compound eyes, and the other three are small and simple. The trio of round,...
What can serve as a nose, ears, fingers, taste buds, weather station, smoke alarm, sugar-analyzer, communication center, speedometer, compass, and much more—all rolled into one? It’s a pair of...
No water, no life, said Sylvia Earle, concisely All bees need water to drink, and they are as selective of this most basic, precious substance as they are of nectar and pollen: that is, they...