Spring Has Sprung for Honeybees!

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While most of the country follows stay-in-place orders to combat COVID-19, you may not have noticed that it’s spring. March 19th marked the first day of the spring season, and you know what that means – we are getting ever closer to the emergence of honeybees. The warmer weather initiates a few important changes in…

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What Makes a Beehive?

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Watching a bee weaving about the garden might make you think that they lead quite a carefree life! After all, they spend their days sunbathing on flowers and lazily eating sweet nectar. Nothing could be further from the truth. That little guy is the very picture of industry. A bee is a highly social insect,…

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Can San Diego Honeybees Be Removed Safely?

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Honeybees play a vital role in our ecosystem. They help to pollinate a surprising amount of the foods that humans eat, including many of our fruits, vegetables and coffee. Their pollination efforts also help to produce the food that other animals eat, and many of those animals, in turn, are eaten by humans. It’s an…

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Wasps vs. Bees

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What’s that insect buzzing around? If it’s black and yellow and has a stinger, many people just assume that it’s a bee. But many of the buzzing creatures that you see are not actually the same species. In fact, they are quite distinctive. Wasps and bees may share some similar characteristics, but the reality is…

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Choose Wildflowers for a Bee-Friendly Garden

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If you are a regular reader of our blog, then you may have read our last post about how you can help save honeybees. In that article, we share some practical ways that you can support honeybees as well as other pollinator populations. Here are just six ways you can do your part to help…

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6 Ways to Save Honeybees

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It’s no surprise that honeybees and other pollinators play a vital role in our world’s agricultural systems. Bees have been disappearing, and this should be a major concern for everyone. Sure, it might seem like a big problem that you alone can’t solve. But there are plenty of practical things you can do to help…

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