Did you know there would be no honey without wax? You see, bee wax is the foundation of the hive. Honey bees build their comb from wax. 2WTK got an up close look at how bees make beeswax with Chuck ...

So, what are the new beekeepers learning about their bees? They are learning about festooning, which is when the bees are making wax and filling the hive with the essential wax needed for the hive.

• A bee visits between 50 and 100 flowers on each trip from the hive. • About 500 honeybees work to make 1 pound of honey. • More than 40,000 bees are in a hive during midsummer. • Bees eat nectar and ...

A newfound Amazonian bee farms aphid-like insects for the food and building materials they produce. This is the first time that such ranching has been discovered in bees. 1 Cryptostigma feed on tree ...