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Nectar Dearth_ What Beekeepers Should Know

Nectar Dearth: What Beekeepers Should Know

Nectar is a sweet liquid secreted by plants that bee colonies use as a food source. Nectar is produced in flowers to attract pollinators and to produce seeds. A nectar dearth or honey dearth occurs when bee colonies can no longer find sufficient amounts of nectar due to natural or artificial factors. This leads beekeepers …

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Does Filtering or Straining Honey Remove Pollen From Honey?

Honey bees bounce from flower to flower, pulling nectar and collecting pollen from each flower. Day in and day out, they forage for these ingredients, bringing loads back to the hive. Either on purpose or accidentally, pollen ends up in the stored nectar before it turns into honey. While harvesting the finished honey, beekeepers will …

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