Bumble bees and honey bees are just two of the hundreds of species of bees that call Pennsylvania home. Skip to Main Content. ... Surprising diversity of bees coming to your backyard.

Wild Bees Can Help Honey Bees—How Your Yard Can Support Them Although farmers have come to rely on imported honey bees, wild pollinators are hardier. Summer 2017 The Sanctuary Issue. TABLE OF CONTENTS ...

A single bee can produce 1/12 of a teaspoon of honey in her six-week lifetime, according to the Farmer’s Almanac, so it takes about 1,150 bees to make a 16-ounce jar of honey. But keeping bees ...

Enjoy the sweet rewards of natural beekeeping. Here’s what you need to know about keeping bees — using natural methods — and harvest fresh, delicious honey from your own backyard.

Removing honey bees from your home can involve carpentry work to ensure that future swarms do not reoccur. While this service can come at a cost to the homeowner, some beekeepers will relocate the ...

Unfortunately, solitary bee populations are declining due to a combination of disease, habitat loss, pesticide use, and ...

Native bees will move into your dead raspberry canes and old hydrangea branches. • Don’t use pesticides: If you needed another reason to go organic in your landscape and garden, this is it.

And if your property has honey bees? “Any time we run into honey bees and we determine that’s what it is, we want the customer to be in control of that, so we have to have a list of bee ...

If you see a honey bee swarm in your yard or near your home, it may look scary or threatening. But you should know that swarming bees generally are not dangerous and do not pose a risk, Keller said.

If you see a honey bee swarm in your yard or near your home, it may look scary or threatening. But you should know that swarming bees generally are not dangerous and do not pose a risk, Keller said.