By Ericka Kastner
• Bee brokers pay between $140 and $180 per hive to rent it for pollinating. The stronger the hive (more bees, more pollen, more honey), the more a broker will pay. Weak hives may get put back on the truck and returned to their beekeeper.
• Honey is made from flower nectar. Bees collect nectar by drinking it; they carry it in their stomachs and regurgitate it when they arrive at the hive. The bees then flap their wings to evaporate the water from the nectar; this in turn creates heat, and honey is produced.