Vegas Bees' Secret World of Bees

The "Stage Fright" of the Honeybee I saw an article the other day that made sense about honeybees. And I mean that in the best possible way. You're telling a really great story at a party and you're about three sentences from the punchline, when you realize halfway through that half the room is looking at their phones and the other half is quietly drifting off. Now you start to stumble and lose your train of thought. Maybe you cut the whole thing short, or maybe you start doi

Lavender is one of the smartest plants a Las Vegas homeowner can grow. It thrives in desert heat, blooms for months at a time, and produces more nectar than most plants can manage in a mild coastal climate. For bees and other pollinators, a well-placed lavender plant is like a neighborhood diner that never closes. But not all lavender is created equal, and desert growing comes with its own rules. The wrong variety, poor drainage, or too much water can turn a promising plant i

Yes, and It Happens All the Time In Las Vegas. You had bees in your wall. Maybe you had them removed last year, maybe a few years ago, or perhaps you discovered an old dried-up hive when doing some renovation work. Now you're wondering: will bees come back? Can a new swarm find and reuse that old hive? The answer is yes, and it happens all the time in Las Vegas and around the world. Understanding why is the key to making sure it doesn't happen to you again. Listen to the Arti

Yes, Bees Can Get Drunk. Here’s What Happens to Their Brains and Their Hive. Listen to the Article: Yes, bees can get drunk.  When bees consume fermented nectar, overripe fruit juice, or plant sap containing ethanol produced by natural yeast fermentation, they become intoxicated. At concentrations as low as 0.5–1% ethanol in their food source, alcohol impairs a bee's flight, navigation, and waggle dance communication, and can get them physically ejected from the hive by guard

If you are wearing black, dark brown, or even red, you might as well be wearing a giant neon sign that says, "I am here to steal your honey." Why should you never wear black around bees? Because bees evolved to view large, dark figures as natural mammalian predators like bears and skunks. Wearing black triggers their hard-wired defensive instincts to protect their hive. To understand why bees hate the color black, we have to look through the eyes of a bee and travel back thou

Every spring, millions of homeowners across the United States witness one of nature's most dramatic spectacles: the honeybee swarm. From the backyards of Las Vegas, Nevada to the suburbs of Atlanta, Georgia, bee swarms appear on fences, tree branches, mailboxes, and eaves, often without warning. Why Do Honeybees Swarm in Spring? Bee swarming is the honeybee's natural method of colony reproduction. As temperatures rise between March and June, a thriving hive can grow to 40,000