When people call in sick, co-workers might try to pick up the slack. Almond growers hope the same is true for the worker bees in their orchards. Read more at:...
A new long-term study of honey bee health has found that a little-understood disease study authors are calling “idiopathic brood disease syndrome” (IBDS),...
Hunter said recent research indicates honey bees tend to become more effective pollinators when teamed with highly efficient mason bees and other non-managed...
The Feb issue of American Bee Journal has an interesting article on page 273 titled "Replace those contaminated combs". The article describes an apiary where...
Al Strom has been thinking about establishing honeybees in the garden he shares with a neighbor, but he was in for a mild surprise Saturday: To be successful,...
When I was keeping bees in the 60's one of the major suppliers was AI Root, which also published Gleanings in Bee culture. Now that I am getting back into...
Much has been written about the continuing disappearance of the honey bee, the corresponding demise of commercial beekeeping and the various culprits that...
Tests revealed that bees can distinguish between different floral fields, as if they were petal colours. The electric signals may also let the insects know if...
When a community of bees has to make a choice, like where to build a new hive, they meet, debate and decide. Read more at: http://n.pr/153tBtU Charles Walter...
I stopped keeping bees over a decade ago due to the inability of the currenr breeds then to survive the varroa mites and hive beetles. A local apiary is now...
Some of you may not be beekeepers, but you may know of someone who might be interested in Volunteering at the zoo! Please feel free to forward this to others...
The increased desire for bee colonies has been partially spurred by an extreme decrease of bees in the wild, said Mike Studer, the state apiarist at the...
California almond growers may not have enough honey bees to pollinate this year's crop of 800,000 acres, says extension apiculturist Eric Mussen of the UC...
Los alimentos y la polinización de los insectos - Food and pollinating insects. Español. Existe un fuerte vínculo entre los alimentos y la polinización de...
I know the standard drill. Ask ten different beekeepers the same question and you're liable to get ten completely different answers. But hopefully I'll get a...
Follow this link below: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/125630 Phone Number: (724) 444-7444 Call ID: 125630 Chemical Free Beekeeping By Janet Brisson Tonight,...
Tonight TalkShoe Podcast on Chemical free Beekeeping - By Janet Brisson Follow this link below: http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/125630 Phone Number: (724) 444-7444 ...
In 2009 I started something that I never thought I would do — beekeeping! (If someone had told me a few years ago that I would become a beekeeper, I would...
Scientists and stakeholders on the leading edge of honey bee health came together last fall during a national workshop focused on current and future issues...
Dear Friend, A blockbuster study released last week by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), has for the first time labeled the pesticide clothianidin as...
What's good for one crop isn't always the best for another. And now, a new research projects seeks to find ways to make production practices for 2 common...
Jalea Real - Royal Jelly JALEA REAL - ROYAL JELLY La jalea real es una secreción fluida que elaboran las abejas obreras para alimentar a las larvas de la...
Two of the UK's biggest home improvement retailers have pledged to remove products from their shelves containing pesticides linked to the decline in the bee...
Eye-level with the eucalyptus canopy of Golden Gate Park, Charlie Blevins stands on his San Francisco rooftop and begins to “suit up.” Read more at:...
