No Manicured Lawns for Honeybees!
No Manicured Lawns for Honeybees! At ForestBeehive apiary in Central Maine we are right next to a large wildlife sanctuary and we have no pesticides for miles. Instead of a standard manicured lawn, we have here quite a bit of wild clover. Maintaining standard lawns requires considerable time, money, extensive watering, and the use of […]
Sneaky soybeans, honeybees and mislabeled honey
Sneaky Soybeans, Honeybees & Mislabeled Honey Sneaky Soybeans, Honeybees & Mislabeled Honey Since 1960s Soybean production worldwide has increased 13 times over, and now in the US alone over 90 million acres are dedicated just to soybeans. Honeybees are not commonly spotted foraging on flowering soybeans. However, during a 4-weeks’-long blooming season, under a thick […]
Pandemic in managed bee colonies. Honey factories & what’s in the honey.
Pandemic in managed bee colonies and honey factories Honeybee pandemic, honey factories, what’s in the honey? Typical conventional high honey-yield apiaries are mostly located on the edge of conventional farm fields where the bees would forage and where the crops are grown with the help of the following human-engineered argo-chemicals: Herbicides (to kill weeds), Insecticides […]
Apiaries next to farm fields?
Honeybees’ Lifespan and Health are Declining. Two primary reasons: Agro-chemicals (pesticides, herbicides, etc.) from nearby farmfields Chemical treatments from conventional beekeepers (ApiVar, ApiStan, Oxalic/Formic Acids, Thymol, etc.) Conventional Beekeepers Treat Honeybees with Chemicals, Acids or Oils, Adversely Affecting the Bees’ and the Honey. Keep apiaries far removed from agrochemicals! Apiaries need to be miles away […]
Honeybee Sanctuary or Why Honeybees’ Lifespans are now 50% shorter than in 1970s
Forest Beehive Apiary – a Honeybee Sanctuary Natural and Regenerative Beekeeping Forest Beehive apiary is located on the left side of this secluded forest lake. On the right side of the lake there’s a state owned land – a 3,000 acre wildlife sanctuary. ForestBeehive apiary on the left side of the lake is a veritable […]
Honeybees and airplanes?!
Honeybees and airplanes? Like the airplanes in the world’s busiest airports, the forager bees are flying in and out delivering to their hive airports mostly nectar and pollen and sometimes water and propolis.The foragers fly out with the speed of 15-20 mph and return with their heavy loads (carrying up to half of their own […]
mad or hallucinogenic honey
‘Mad’ or Hallucinogenic Honey Or How to Select Your Honey Ever heard of hallucinogenic or ‘Mad’ Honey?The 1st recorded report about the ‘Mad’ honey comes from a famous Greek warrior and historian Xenophon of Athens who in 401 B.C.E. was returning home with the Greek army along the shores of the Black Sea (now modern […]
Honeybee and Airplanes?
Honeybees and Airplanes?! Like the airplanes in the world’s busiest airports, the forager bees are flying in and out delivering to their hive airports mostly nectar and pollen and sometimes water and propolis. In the video, the foragers fly out with the speed of 15-20 mph and return with their heavy loads (carrying up to […]