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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 framesBeehive frames hold the honeycomb. | ![]() Checking the beesWe work to keep our bees healthy. |
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![]() Honeybees arriveA new honeybee colony. | ![]() Our Honeybee HiveBeehive boxes are called "supers." Inside are frames to hold the honey. |
![]() Beekeeper TimA beekeeper suit keeps everybody happy. | ![]() Bee SmokerThe smoker calms the bees so the beekeeper can visit the hive. |
![]() Our beekeeper"Apiculture" is the study and keeping of bees. | ![]() Beehive 2017Ready for the new season of honey-making! |
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