A guide to stingless bees (Meliponini): about 605 species across the tropics, how they defend nests without a sting, their watery pot honey, and why the only US population lives in Palo Alto, California.
Bee sting swelling can keep growing for 48 hours and usually fades within a week. A sourced timeline, how to tell a large local reaction from allergy or infection, and when to get medical care.
A fig wasp is a tiny pollinator that cannot sting people. Here is its life cycle, what happens to a wasp that dies in a fig, and which common U.S. figs need one.
USDA data puts honey at 64 calories per tablespoon and 21 per teaspoon. Here are the figures for every common serving, how honey compares with sugar and syrups, and why labels and apps disagree.
Honeycomb is edible: the beeswax cells and the honey inside are both food, and the wax passes through undigested. This guide covers how to eat it, what to buy, how to store it and who should skip it.
How to tell paper wasp, hornet, yellowjacket, mud dauber and honey bee nests apart, and when to leave a nest, treat it yourself or call a professional, based on university extension guidance.
A bumble bee nest in the ground is a small one-season colony that usually ends on its own before winter. This guide shows how to tell it from a yellowjacket nest, how to live with it, and who to call when it has to go.
How to treat a bee or wasp sting: get the stinger out fast, wash, cool it and watch for anaphylaxis. Sourced first aid, normal swelling timelines and what the evidence says about home remedies.
Add the first honey super when bees occupy about 7 to 8 of 10 frames and the main nectar flow is near, and the next when that super is two-thirds full. Frame counts, flow timing and the steps, sourced to UMN and MSU Extension.