Bee Smart!  

icon Bee’s in the News

 

U.S. Puts Bumblebee On The Endangered Species List For 1st Time 

icon Customer Education

 

La Bee da Loca educating customers about bees.
La Bee da Loca owner, Felecia, educating customers about the life stages of a bee.

icon Bee Swarm Relocation

I was called to help move this swarm from the bench at Battlefield Ford. The swarm is now doing well in its new home.

 

La Bee da Loca owner Felecia and her husband assisted with the relocation of a swarm.
I was able to remove this small swarm and relocate to a hive box. It is coming along very well and the queen is busy building brood.

icon Example of Bees Bearding

Example of bearding.
The bees are bearding. Helping to keep the internal temperature and airflow in the hive, they just hang out on the front of the hive. It’s also a sign of a strong colony.

 

icon   Pollinators Guide

Pollination guide for bees
Pollination guide for bees

icon   Honey Bee Facts

  • Honey is the only insect-created food with therapeutic, medicinal, nutritional and cosmetic value.
  • A honey bee visits 50 to 100 flowers during a collection trip.
  • They can fly at speeds of up to 15 mph!
  • During honey production periods, spring and summer, a worker bee’s life span is about 6 weeks.
  • The average honeybee will actually make only one twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime… About the size of your pinky fingernail.

 

icon   Types   

  • Only one queen exists in a colony of bees, and only she lays eggs.
  • Worker bees are all females, but do not lay eggs.
  • Drone bees are all males made from unfertilized eggs. They also do not have a stinger.
La Bee da Loca, types of bees
Types of bees

          icon   Stages of Life

Bee Lifecycle, La Bee da Loca, Culpeper, VA
Bee Lifecycle
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