Bee Blog
Yes—bees absolutely eat honey! While humans enjoy it as a sweet treat, for bees it’s a vital food source that fuels nearly everything they do. Bees make honey not just to store, but to eat themselves whenever they need energy or when nectar is scarce.
Honey bees have a complex form of communication. They have an extensive pheromone system that signal different things within the hive and amongst each other. They also perform dances for each other to show locations of newfound food sources.
From the moment the worker bee hatches from its cell it is immediately put to work. There are many different jobs she could be assigned to do.
Honey comes in a variety of types, each with unique flavors, colors, and textures. The...
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1. Honey bees are super-important pollinators for flowers, fruits and vegetables. This means that they help other...
More and more gardeners are getting excited to plant a bee garden this year. Many natural sources of flower-rich habitats are diminishing more and more over time. By planting a bee garden, you too can do your part to help the bees! In return, the bees will pollinate your flowers, providing a bountiful harvest of fruits, seeds and vegetables as well as the joy of watching them up close and knowing that you are doing your part.
Rocky Mountain Honey wants to give back to the bees that have made our company possible. With the decline in bee populations over the years it is more important than ever to try and find solutions to the different environmental causes of this decline. These causes can range from Colony Collapse Disorder and varicose mites to Pesticides and weather changes. Rocky Mountain Honey wants to do its part to donate to research to enhance the health of bees.
I don’t know about you but when my little girl asked me “How is honey made?” I didn’t have a clue how to answer her. So together we researched a bit and learned all about how bees create honey together. Here are a few simple steps to explain how it is done.
