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As a biology student at Northeastern University, I was fascinated with ecology and sustainability. Northeastern offers an amazing co-op program that allows students to leave the classroom and work in their field professionally for 6 months. Being in Boston, most co-op jobs were in the pharmaceutical industry, which I found…
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The First Beekeepers Deep in a cave in Valencia, Spain, nestled amongst primitive paintings of bygone creatures, is the first evidence of humans gathering honey. The Neolithic drawing shows a man on a ladder with one hand in a hive and the other holding a smoking branch to pacify the…
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At the Best Bees Company, we’re working hard to figure out how to create better, healthier bees. Several factors including habitat loss, pesticide use, and disease have caused declines in wild and domesticated bee populations in recent years. It may be surprising to know that anyone can make their backyard…
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Before wine, there was mead. The earliest evidence of mead dates back to 7500 BC in Northern China, where traces of fermented honey were found in pottery. Mead is made by fermenting honey in water and adding various fruits and spices for flavor. This made it the ideal alcoholic beverage for areas…
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Here at the The Best Bees Company, we have a lot of beeswax. Between wax cappings from honey harvesting, and old retired frames, all that wax adds up. We don’t want it to go to waste, considering how hard the bees work to make it. In order to reuse the wax, we…
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The Flow Hive could usher in a new era of beekeeping. Billed as the “no mess, no fuss” approach to the laborious task of harvesting honey, the Flow Hive allows beekeepers to collect their harvest without disturbing the hive. The secret is its innovative frame design: each hive comes with prefabricated…
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When I was told my work at The Best Bees Company was going to start including work on a research project with MIT, I was beyond excited. Over the winter, at home in New York I formed a very complete idea of what I thought I’d be doing. The first…
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HUBweek, which ran from September 24th to October 1st, wrapped up earlier this month. This marks the second successful year of the festival, which is a celebration of innovation in Boston. The Best Bees Company is honored to be part of HUBweek since the beginning! On Tuesday, September 27th, The Best Bees Company gave…
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Last week was New York City Honey Week, a week of events devoted to bees, honey, and a lot of education. As sponsors, we attended some of the fantastic events, and even engaged many bee enthusiasts at our Honey Fest booth! On Friday, September 16th, we attended a table-to-farm, 7-course, honey-themed, Sweet Life dinner…
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Fall is here! In New England, that means it’s time for pumpkins, apples, cranberries, and other seasonal treats to bake into our favorite pies and muffins. As we look forward to cooler nights, warm sweaters, and hot cider, it’s important to remember who we have to thank for many of…
