Almosta Bee Farm

Goldenrod is a lifesaver for honeybees 🐝🌼
It blooms late in the season, giving bees the nectar and pollen they need to make winter honey and stay strong until spring. 🍯✨

It’s that time of year again when honeybees get mistaken for wasps. It’s only Wednesday, and I’ve already had four calls — and removed two wasp nests.

Here’s the difference:
🐝 Honeybees are fuzzy, gentle, and only sting once (and only if threatened).
🪰 Wasps are smooth, aggressive, and can sting multiple times without losing their stinger.

Bees are our pollinating friends — wasps, not so much. I recommend getting some wasp spray or calling an exterminator.

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SO many Bees! 🐝
In July, a healthy honeybee hive typically contains between 40,000 and 80,000 bees, depending on factors like the region, forage availability, and the strength of the queen.

Queen: 1

Workers (females who do all the foraging, nursing, guarding, etc.): ~95% of the hive!!

Drones (males) a few hundred to a few thousand, usually more in spring and early summer