Explaining Belgium’s ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 queen bees and how it is reviving Europe’s endangered dark bee

BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Each summer, a humble Belgian town becomes the stage for one of nature’s most dramatic rituals. In Chimay, about 1,000 virgin queen bees take to the sky for what beekeepers call the “wedding flight.” High above the fields, males mate with the queens in midair. While this may seem […] The post Explaining Belgium’s ‘wedding flight’ of 1,000 queen bees and how it is reviving Europe’s endangered dark bee first appeared on The Optimist Daily: Making Solutions the News.