Modern Homesteader

Queen spotting

 


During peak season, a honey bee colony can contain up to 80,000 individual bees. When first installing a nucleus colony, you will only see roughly 15,000 individual bees. Male drones usually comprise around 15% of each colony. While female worker bees make up the majority of the residence in a co...



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