Editorial Ethics

Our goal is to bring you the most accurate, trustworthy, and up-to-date information about bees and other pollinators. Our daily mission is to establish LearnBees as your useful and relevant content source for beekeeping, bee facts, and entomology related topics.

We are dedicated to sharing information on various bee topics, and rather than focusing on certain types of information that may or may not be applicable to what you’re looking for, we rely on you, our reader, to determine the topics we cover based on your questions and needs. However, the original editorial information we offer is not intended to be a substitute for professional scientific advice, diagnosis, or treatment. For example, we recommend ways treat bee stings. However, our bee sting advice is not a substitute for professional medical care. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in getting treatment because of something you have read on LearnBees.com

The below sections explain our content policies and procedures.

Editorial Selection of Original Content Produced by LearnBees

LearnBees produces original content with reference generally to the criteria below:

Relevance — Issues that currently affect bees. Topics include beekeeping supplies, beekeeping practices, flowers that attract bees, chemicals that harm bees, etc.

Significance — The latest scientific findings published in peer-reviewed medical journals, such as The Journal of the American Medical Association, PubMed, Circulation, The New England Journal of Medicine, and several others.

Trends — Seasonal interests, such as what time of the year is the best for honey harvesting, or how to help bees overwinter safely.

Editorial Policy for LearnBees Editorial Staff

LearnBees is the most trusted resource for bees and other pollinators. Editorial content created by LearnBees is unbiased and uninfluenced by advertisers and sponsors.

Anyone who works on the LearnBees Editorial staff must fully disclose any potential conflict of interest with any advertiser, sponsor, or vendor.

LearnBees keeps its Editorial staff separate and distinct from the staff who produce advertising content for our advertisers or sponsors. No employee will serve both roles, no Editorial employee will be allowed to perform duties on behalf of an advertiser.

The LearnBees Editorial staff is responsible for providing objective, honest, and balanced information about bees. LearnBees reporters must thoroughly seek out subjects of stories or qualified experts to provide sources. They also vet comments from qualified experts.

LearnBees journalists aim to provide detailed and honest information and share a dedication to the highest professional standards.

Licensed and Third Party Content

When LearnBees licenses entomology content from third-parties for publication on our site, the LearnBees senior Editorial editors double-check the third-party’s editorial policies and procedures for consistency with the LearnBees Editorial Policies.