Bee communication is one of many aspects of honeybees that fascinates me. While we use words to communicate, honeybees use their sense of smell, body movements and the location of the sun to communicate.   Most people know that honeybees emit pheromones but few know what it really means to the honeybees. A honeybees’ sense of smell is 50 times stronger than a dogs and 100 times stronger than a human. Think about the miraculous ability of a diabetes service dog, make that 50 t

Life has a funny way of getting busy. With young children and two large dogs, running a home, carefully designing an apiary and building our forever home … I could barely keep up some days. But I needed to set aside time to become educated about beekeeping and honeybees and get more connected in my community.   A quick internet search opened my eyes to the countless universities that offer learning opportunities through extension programs. Several offer beekeeping courses wit