What's a Bee Beard? 🐝 During hot weather, honeybees sometimes exhibit a behavior known as bearding. Bees gather outside the entrance of the hive and form a cluster resembling a beard. Bearding helps regulate the temperature inside the hive. By hanging outside, bees create airflow and ventilation, allowing excess heat to dissipate and cooler air to enter. Bearding also allows the bees to manage humidity levels within the hive. Bees generate moisture through their metabolic processes, and beardin

How does honey harvesting *really* work? ​ ​Jake, one of our Texas beekeepers, gave us a great explanation of how beekeepers harvest their honey. You'll notice he doesn't mention any cooking or filtering, just separating the beeswax from the honey in the final step.​ That's an important detail. Raw & unfiltered honey contains the natural nutrients, antioxidants, and pollens that the bees put inside. They're the fingerprint of each honey that makes it unique. | Local Hive Honey