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  ST. ANNE'S HONEYBEES  

Caring for the Earth

with Our Honeybees

Everybody knows St. Anne's is a sweet place. But not everyone knows St. Anne's owns a colony of honeybees. Our bees are busy helping the earth every day by pollinating flowers far and wide.

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Do you know these bee facts?

•   The place where beekeepers keep beehives is called an apiary or a bee yard.

•   If you see a honeybee flying around you, she's a girl! Honeybees have three castes: drones (male), workers (female), and queens (female). The drones and the queen stay in the hive. So, it's always the female workers you see buzzing from flower to flower.

•   The average worker bee makes only about 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey in her lifetime.

 

For more interesting bee facts visit the National Honey Board >>

Beehive frames

Beehive frames

Beehive frames hold the honeycomb.

Checking the bees

Checking the bees

We work to keep our bees healthy.

Honeybees arrive

Honeybees arrive

A new honeybee colony.

Our Honeybee Hive

Our Honeybee Hive

Beehive boxes are called "supers." Inside are frames to hold the honey.

Beekeeper Tim

Beekeeper Tim

A beekeeper suit keeps everybody happy.

Bee Smoker

Bee Smoker

The smoker calms the bees so the beekeeper can visit the hive.

Our beekeeper

Our beekeeper

"Apiculture" is the study and keeping of bees.

Beehive 2017

Beehive 2017

Ready for the new season of honey-making!

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