Bees4life Blog

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Categories of the Bees4life Blog

Beekeeping

See what sustainable beekeeping looks like and learn tipps, tricks and curiosities regarding the life of a beekeeper.

6 Bee Products

Dive into 6 powerful bee products and learn about the health benefits of apitherapy.

Bee-friendly farming

Learn more about farming methods that are good for bees and good for humans.

Consumer Advice

Find out where you should buy honey and where not, and how to identify the quality of honey and other bee products.

Curious Bee Life

Check out what bees do when an ant colony attacks their nest or why they die when stinging. Bees are incredible creatures and come up with smarter solutions than you think!

Pollination

Find out about critical topics concerning the world’s most needed service regarding food supply for the human species: pollination carried out by pollinating animals.

Bees as engineers

Discover more about the surprising architectonical, structural and mathematical abilities of bees.

Latest articles

What is Manuka Honey?

What is Manuka Honey?

What is Manuka Honey? Learn more about the wonder honey from New Zealand and Australia     The original material of manuka honey is the nectar of the Manuka trees. Those trees grow in New Zealand and South Eastern Australia. Honey bees collect this nectar...

Bees against ants

Bees against ants

Bees against ants When super insects fight each other   Bees against ants – the prelude   Presenting fighter #1: the bees Most bees are highly social creatures. They have a special body structure and gender to match different roles in building nests,...

Health Benefits of Beeswax

Health Benefits of Beeswax Everything you should know about beeswax     Beeswax is an essential product of a beehive that we often do not link directly to bees.The wax is used for combs in the hives, where bees store the surplus of honey and pollen and raise...

The Truth about Royal jelly

The Truth about Royal jelly

The Truth about Royal Jelly What nobody wants you to know about royal jelly First of all, what is royal jelly? Besides honey, propolis and pollen bees produce another substance that is rapidly gaining popularity in the health and beauty industry, royal jelly. The...

Health Benefits of Bee venom

Health benefits of Bee Venom (Apitoxin) Everything you should know about honey bee venom   What? Do we really consider the poison of honey bees for therapy? Oh yes, we do. And you should know why! Bee venom (or „apitoxin) is the poison that makes bee stings...

Health Benefits of Pollen

 Health Benefits of Pollen Everything you should know about bee pollen   When we think of bees, we automatically think of honey. Yet honey is not the only substance produced by bees that deserves our attention. Bees also collect pollen from flowers and if you...