Breathe through your nose. Bees are very intuitive and therefore equate hot breath to predators. In fact, bees have learned to react defensively to carbon dioxide. As you learn to remain calm and relaxed, also pay close attention to your breathing. Don’t exhale heavily when working with your hive. Learn to breathe lightly through your nose.

Be calm and gentle when working with bees. Some caution is always required when working with honey bees. If you accidentally crush even a single bee, alarm pheromones from a crushed bee will mark you as a threat and trigger the bees to sting.Have you noticed that you don’t feel like yourself when you are hungry? When it has been a while since you had your last meal you get annoyed easily and just want to be left alone. Well, honey bees are no different. If there is not enough food or water, bees are not happy. Bee Calm is hands down one of my favorite children's books. It is the perfect combination of a fun story line and important information for teaching your little one yoga and ways to calm the nervous system. The adorable illustrations are matched by the poetic verses and is sure to be a hit at bedtime! Bentley Bee is the cutest and truly makes you want to get up and do the yoga poses yourself. A 2010 study by the USA’s University of Massachusetts found that calcium increased the rate at which fats were metabolised into fatty acids – with more calcium meaning a faster rate of digestion. [5]

A bond between honey bees and flowers is unbreakable. Flowers are a source of nectar which is an integral part of bee food and flowers need bees for pollination. If there is a shortage of nectar sources, bees will be grumpy and use any way possible to ensure the survival of the colony. A queen has a significant influence on the colony; her temperament and personality pass over to the rest of the colony as well. If the queen’s temperament is bad, the colony might be hard to work with and might need re-queening. There is no sure sign that queen might make the colony bad, but if you have issues with your colony it is worth looking into it. You might just need a calm queen in your colony. Queen missing Calcium Pantothenate is more commonly known as Vitamin B5. It is is found in every single cell in our body. As well as in supplements, you can find Vitamin B5 in liver, avocados, sunflower seeds and eggs. It's rare to find a book that captivates a child's attention AND offers insightful teaching tools to adults. Through rhyming cadence and colorful illustration, Bee Calm encourages children to try something new in the gentlest and most accepting manner. Bentley Bee will enchant young readers as they follow his journey from reluctance to curiosity to delight in the practice of yoga. Educators and parents will appreciate the clear instructions on the how and why of poses. This little book has it all! Be slow and quiet. Bees do not like vibrations so keep your movement slow and steady when handling the hive. Make sure neighbors are not mowing the lawn nearby and avoid dropping objects close to the hive. There’s no need to be in a hurry when performing your tasks. Move slowly and reduce the chances of making too much noise. Avoid talking loudly near the hive. This can alarm the bees and make them defensive.These unique blends – winners of over 30 industry awards – help to optimise any health regime and support specific concerns including immunity, hay fever, energy and focus, anxiety and stress, and sleep. And they‘re highly concentrated, so fewer are required. You can combine different capsules to support different needs, and if you don‘t like swallowing pills, simply empty the contents into juice or food. Take daily as required, or all-year round.

Rhodiola is an adaptogen and works with the body to balance its functions, and may increase resistance to physical and environmental stress, which can lead to improved anxiety and moods. Finally, we have included lions mane mushroom and vitamin B5 to also aid with normal mental performance. Another herb, ginger root, has been used for hundreds of years to soothe gut complaints, like bloating, constipation and nausea. [13] Genetics and external triggers may be the cause of bee defensiveness, but sometimes beekeepers themselves unknowingly encourage such behavior. If you are a beekeeper, then you know how important it is to remain calm during a hive inspection. Rushing while working and handling the bees roughly can make even the calmest colony aggressive. Lena here, creator and chief executive officer of Bee Calm Candle. I'm a mama of 3 who loves to push the boundaries of creativity. Ask experienced beekeepers for the advice. You might be missing something that is triggering your bees, and an experienced beekeeper can be a great help with that. If you are a beginner, having an experienced beekeeper to turn to for info is valuable for everyday beekeeping activities.

Don’t crush the bees. Unfortunately, not using a smoker means that bees will be more active and there is a higher risk of them being crushed while you’re working on the hive. Attempt not to crush any of the bees if you can help it. Bees release an alarm pheromone when they are crushed that will be communicated to the other bees in the colony. This will make the rest of the bees more defensive. Lee JA, Singletary E, Charlton N. Methods of honey bee stinger removal: A systematic review of the literature. Cureus. 2020;12(5):e8078. doi:10.7759/cureus.8078 Since worker bees only live about six weeks in summer, leaving your bees alone for a few weeks can reset their behavior to default. So, firstly the bees are too preoccupied with trying to eat honey that they will ignore the beekeeper. Then they are too full to care about what the beekeeper is doing as they cannot act fast enough to do anything anyway. How does the sugar water calm bees? Haniadka R, et al. A review of the gastroprotective effects of ginger (Zingiber officinale Roscoe). Food Funct. 2013 Jun;4(6):845-55. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23612703