For to the bee a flower is a fountain of life And to the flower a bee is a messenger of love And to both, bee and flower, the giving and the receiving is a need and an ecstasy. ~ Kahlil Gibran See: bountifulhealing.wordpress.com/2007/08/04/
Archive for March, 2009
Giving and Receiving
Posted in Bee Law, Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beetwixt & Beetween on March 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
How Do Bees Make Honey?
Posted in Bee Present, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Firstly, worker bees fly out from the hive in search of nectar-rich flowers. Using its straw-like proboscis, a worker bee drinks the liquid nectar and stores it in a special stomach called the honey stomach. The bee continues to forage, visiting hundreds of flowers, until its honey stomach is full. Within the honey stomach, enzymes [...]
