by Austin | May 27, 2020 | Bee Aware, North East, Production
https://pacedocs.pace.edu/files/2020/04/Jim-Teaser-facebook-PA.mp4 A quick highlight of what we have been doing in...
by Austin | May 22, 2020 | Bee Aware, Uncategorized
Pesticides are an important and common product in use on farms all across the United States and most of the world. While these chemicals are great for farmers protecting their crops from pests, they have many known side effects on pollinators, who are just as...
by Alec | May 15, 2020 | Bee Aware, Fun Facts, North East
Honey Bees, and bees in general, often get a bad rap because of their defense mechanism: stinging. However, foraging bees rarely sting people, it’s when you are near the hive, and posing a threat that bees will begin to sting a person actively. A honey bee will...
by Alec | May 15, 2020 | Bee Aware, France, Fun Facts
About six weeks ago, I wrote an article about how Varroa Mites are wreaking havoc on beehives worldwide. As a refresher, a Varroa Mite is a large, reddish-brown parasite that latches onto foraging bees and feeds off of their blood or the bee equivalent of it. It can...
by Austin | May 11, 2020 | Bee Aware, North East
It is Monday, May 11th. There is a crowd gathering outside of Jacob Burns theater in Pleasantville, NY. A poster in the window lets everyone know tonight is the premiere of Bee Aware. The house opens about 6PM, the crowd filters into the lobby. As the audience makes...
by Alec | May 8, 2020 | Bee Aware, Fun Facts, North East
Bees. In the typical hive, there are 3 kinds of bees. The Queen, the drone, and the workers. Then there are larvae, which begin life as eggs laid by the Queen, and in around 14 days, emerge as new worker bees. Worker bees are responsible for the maintenance and...
