Honey bee one queen bee, a fertile female; seasonally up to a few thousand drone bees, or fertile males; and tens of thousands of sterile female worker bees. Details vary among the different species of honey bees, but common features include: In cold climates, honey bees stop flying when the temperature drops below about and crowd into the central area of the hive to form a "winter cluster". The worker bees huddle around the queen bee at the center of the cluster, shivering to keep the center between at the start of winter (during the broodless period) and once the queen resumes
African Honey Bee (organization) African Honey Bee (organization) African Honey Bee is a social-franchise beekeeping micro-business incubator established in 2007. Its purpose is to alleviate poverty through sustainable beekeeping, by enabling rural families to benefit from the unpolluted prime honey producing vegetation around them. African Honey Bee was set up by Guy Stubbs, a Christian Social Entrepreneur , who has expertise in developmental beekeeping. Andrew Weeks and Kobus Visser contributed towards the success of the project. African Honey Bee supports viable micro beekeeping businesses in southern Africa, by developing a network of interlinked beekeeping incubator farms that provide access to training, mentorship, low cost