How is honey made? Unlike many other bees, honeybee species don't hibernate in winter. Instead, they stay active in their hives. During the coldest months, honeybees cluster together to keep warm ...

We’re going find a way to use that,” Anderson said. From honey, to beeswax soap and lip balm, to furniture made from retired hive boxes, the Calm and Confidence team works to repurpose and reuse.

But then it went step further: It hired a beekeeper to install four honey bee hives on the roof. “Keeping wild animals is a great way to show that we have a connection to nature,” said the ...

To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers. In a single collecting trip, a worker will visit between 50 and 100 flowers. She will return to the hive ...

Colonies of bees industriously collect pollen from grasses and plants, bringing it all back to the hive to transform into honey. Hives like those at Cornelia Fort — which are made possible ...

Though bees are perhaps most famous for their honey, it's not the only thing they produce. Bee pollen, beeswax, royal jelly, bee venom and honeycomb are all harvested from the hive.