pollen – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:13:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 pollen – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Don’t Mow the Goldenrod https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/goldenrod-zbw1912ztil/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/goldenrod-zbw1912ztil/#comments Mon, 09 Dec 2019 13:55:08 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4463 I have allergies…let…me…tell…you…do I have allergies. Indoor, outdoor, seasonal…everything makes my sinuses upset. When I was a kid I did the whole allergy shot ritual, which seemed to do absolutely nothing except make me afraid of needles. I lived at our ENT specialist, tried every allergy medicine, nose spray, antihistamine there is and after all […]

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Honeybee Products Besides Honey https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/honeybee-products-besides-honey-zbwz1802zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/honeybee-products-besides-honey-zbwz1802zsau/#respond Fri, 02 Feb 2018 22:23:35 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3816   Honey is as sensational as it is sweet, but if you thought that honey-making was the only work occupying bees inside that hive, think again. A mind-boggling array of insect activities is creating amazing honeybee products right under our noses. And our noses themselves even benefit, since some of these products can be used to treat […]

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Plant Trees for Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/plant-trees-for-bees-zbwz1801zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/plant-trees-for-bees-zbwz1801zsau/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2018 00:10:59 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3772 When people ask me how they can help bees, I used to say, “Plant a pollinator garden!” I would then rattle off a list of bee-friendly flowers and shrubs to get them started. Then I had an epiphany. A tree provides much more forage than any patch of flowers ever could. It’s so obvious, but […]

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The Role of Nectar, Honey and Pollen in the Hive https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-role-of-nectar-honey-and-pollen-in-the-hive/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/the-role-of-nectar-honey-and-pollen-in-the-hive/#comments Fri, 16 Jun 2017 02:30:45 +0000 http://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=3472 Story and photos by Jennifer Sartell An adult bee’s diet is primarily made up of three types of food. Honey, Nectar and Pollen. In this post, we will discover how each of these food groups provide essential nutrient to a bee. Nectar Where does nectar come from? Nectar actually begins in the leaves of plants. […]

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Bees Collecting Pollen in December https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/bees-collecting-pollen-in-december/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/bees-collecting-pollen-in-december/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2015 01:49:47 +0000 http://keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=2282 While nectar and pollen sources are non-existent to my eyes, the bees have their sources and they are certainly bringing in pollen. I saw bees bringing in white, yellow and even red pollen.

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Marketing Your Hive Products https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/marketing-hive-products/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/marketing-hive-products/#comments Thu, 20 Nov 2014 16:13:36 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com.php53-3.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=414 Are you interested in making money with your bees? Here are a dozen tips for selling your excess sweetness!

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The Sustainability of Bee Products https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/sustainability-bee-products/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/sustainability-bee-products/#respond Fri, 31 Oct 2014 20:54:56 +0000 http://backyardbees.wpengine.com.php53-3.ord1-1.websitetestlink.com/?p=284 How can you use propolis? Royal jelly? Pollen? Check out this great post on the sustainability of bee products.

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