Bitesize Beekeeping Topic List

Free-Living Bees: Nature’s Unmanaged Colonies Introduction When most people think about bees, they picture neatly painted hives in tidy rows, tended by beekeepers in protective suits. While this is the familiar image of beekeeping, it’s only part of the story. All over the world – including here in the UK...

Worldwide, there are four species of honey bee, although only one is native to Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and parts of Asia: Apis mellifera, known as the Western Honey Bee. The honey bee (Apis genus, especially Apis mellifera) stands out from other bee species because it’s the only bee that combines all of the following traits: