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"FREE THE HONEY BEE
As natural beekeeping has progressed, a departure from collecting honey and 'keeping' bees has become more prevalent. It allows humans to appreciate the honey bee’s true, majestic and wild nature. For the first time we are learning that:
* When bees have enough honey and enjoy food security thanks to no-one robbing their vital food, they reduce their foraging efforts and turn their attention to hygienic behaviour in the hive.
* Bees living in trees or tree-like structures benefit enormously from the thermal mass as well as insulation, which also helps prevent the growth of mould pathogens typical of thin-walled box hives on the ground.
* For the bees’ full natural biology to function, they need and select significantly smaller nests than honey-seeking humans would choose. This has benefits for bee health including the natural control of the varroa mite.
* Bees tend to form clusters of widely spaced colonies. The spacing of the colonies appears to be a function of the nesting opportunities and this spacing affords many health benefits to the bees.
* They exist in self-sustaining colonies and can occupy locations for many decades.
Learn more about rewilding the honey bee in our latest issue of Permaculture magazine (PM114).
You can buy PM114 as a single issue or subscribe and get a discount off the cover price PLUS free digital access to all 113 back issues – https://bit.ly/3yIoEwh"
"FREE THE HONEY BEE
As natural beekeeping has progressed, a departure from collecting honey and 'keeping' bees has become more prevalent. It allows humans to appreciate the honey bee’s true, majestic and wild nature. For the first time we are learning that:
* When bees have enough honey and enjoy food security thanks to no-one robbing their vital food, they reduce their foraging efforts and turn their attention to hygienic behaviour in the hive.
* Bees living in trees or tree-like structures benefit enormously from the thermal mass as well as insulation, which also helps prevent the growth of mould pathogens typical of thin-walled box hives on the ground.
* For the bees’ full natural biology to function, they need and select significantly smaller nests than honey-seeking humans would choose. This has benefits for bee health including the natural control of the varroa mite.
* Bees tend to form clusters of widely spaced colonies. The spacing of the colonies appears to be a function of the nesting opportunities and this spacing affords many health benefits to the bees.
* They exist in self-sustaining colonies and can occupy locations for many decades.
Learn more about rewilding the honey bee in our latest issue of Permaculture magazine (PM114).
You can buy PM114 as a single issue or subscribe and get a discount off the cover price PLUS free digital access to all 113 back issues – https://bit.ly/3yIoEwh"
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