Our Honey Bees
The Farm's Hardest Workers
Honey Bees are the heart of our farm. Though we primarily rely on them for their honey, they play a much larger role in our daily lives
Honey Bees pollinate 1 in 3 bites of food we eat and about 80% of the world's plants. The Earth's ecosystems depend on these precious pollinators to maintain their health and prosperity.
We recognize how vital Honey Bees are to everyone's health and we hope you can enjoy the fruits of their labor with us.
About Our Honey Bees
Honey bees live in hives (or colonies). The members of the hive are divided into three types:
Workers
These are female & their roles are to forage for food (pollen & nectar from flowers), build & protect the hive, clean & circulate air by beating their wings.
Queen
One queen runs the whole hive. Her job is to lay the eggs that will spawn the hive’s next generation of bees.
Drones
These are the male bees, and their purpose is to mate with the new queen.
BEE FACTS
🐝 Queen bees can lay up to 3,000 eggs in just one day!
🐝 Queen bees lay both fertilized & unfertilized eggs. Fertilized eggs can become worker bees or new Queens, and unfertilized eggs become male drones.
🐝 The entire mood of a bee colony depends on the Queen. She controls it with a special pheromone, which unifies her bees.
🐝 The Queen doesn't have to lift a finger (or a wing). Worker bees feed her, remove her waste, and cater to her every need.
🐝 Most Queen bees live for about two years.
🐝 Queen bees aren't born, they're made! Baby Queens are fed royal jelly instead of honey or pollen, helping them develop ovaries and the ability to reproduce.
🐝 Sometimes, a hive raises multiple Queens to ensure one is healthy enough to lead the colony.
🐝 While worker bees and drones can sting only once in their lives, a Queen bee can sting multiple times.
🐝 The Queen bee mates during her "Maiden Flight," collecting enough sperm to last her entire life.
Queen bee can lay up to 3,000 eggs in just one day!
Queen bees lay both fertilized & unfertilized eggs. Fertilized eggs can become worker bees or new Queens, and unfertilized eggs become male drones.
The entire mood of a bee colony depends on the Queen. She controls it with a special pheromone, which unifies her bees.
The Queen doesn't have to lift a finger (or a wing). Worker bees feed her, remove her waste, and cater to her every need.
Most Queen bees live for about two years.
Queen bees aren't born, they're made! Baby Queens are fed royal jelly instead of honey or pollen, helping them develop ovaries and the ability to reproduce.
Sometimes, a hive raises multiple Queens to ensure one is healthy enough to lead the colony.
While worker bees and drones can sting only once in their lives, a Queen bee can sting multiple times.
The Queen bee mates during her "Maiden Flight," collecting enough sperm to last her entire life.