When bees swarm, don't they ingest a lot of honey first to have nutrients for their travels and relocation? After awhile when they relocate, you can still smoke them. They don't have much honey in reserves at that time do they? If not, what does that do to the theory of smoke causing them to...
People that raise bees are really lucky to not have to deal with the giant wasps that can decimate a hive quickly. Certain times of the year they are a real problem, you have to set out traps. Still, you can lose a hive to the aggressive predators.
Pure honey is a valuable commodity. Here in the honey selling shops, apparently unscrupulous sellers will often cut the honey with sone kind of sugar solution mix. You'll be getting less honey for your money. Most of the honey sold in super markets is out of China. Cheap, but I wouldn't...
Has that completely been substantiated? I was asking my brother about it, he raises bees. There are various theories, that being one of them, and probably the most widely accepted, about gorging with honey. Another is that the smoke confuses them, and when confused they are in a less...
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