As winter's chill descends and daylight wanes, the celestial event of Winter Solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. Amidst this celestial ballet, a question often arises among bee enthusiasts and novice beekeepers alike: Is Winter...
Royal jelly. A majestic, sumptuous name for what is very much akin to worker bee snot.
Secreted from glands in the heads of nurse bee proles, this milky-colored, protein-rich substance is created for the sup of the newly-hatched Apis mellifera. While it is just a limited-time garnish for the ‘beebread’ (fermented pollen) and honey diet of young worker bees, the queen feeds exclusively on this luxury foodstuff.
