Monitoreo de varroa - Monitoring of varroa (Español) El Instituto de Tecnologia Agropecuaria INTA Balcarce de la República Argentina, emitió un comunicado...
“You won't bee-lieve it! Could manuka honey beat drug-resistant superbugs?” Asks the Mail Online website, prompted by a new study into the bacteria killing...
Invito a ustedes a observar el ataque del parásito varroa en abejas I invite you to watch the varroa parasite attack in bees Video y fotos sobre el parasito...
<< You would probably be surprised how many are in you area. Keep looking >> On my state's agricultural station's web site is a list of registered beekeepers,...
In addition to tracheal and varroa mites, nosema, ccd, etc, etc., beekeepers also have to deal with this nonsense. Read more at: http://bit.ly/14SrNlq Charles...
Hi , Does anybody know of a cheaper source for sugar than just buying the 25 lb bags in the supermarket? Also is there another method of feeding bees than ...
I watched a bunch of videos by "The Fat BeeKeeper/Guy" on YouTube. He was talking about how easy it was to split hives. He says you don't need to find the...
It’s March. Beekeepers are inspecting their queen/brood status and marking any weak colony for re-queening. They are ordering queens and packages of bees....
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn23255-plants-lace-their-nectar-with-drugs-to-make-bees-return.html Plants lace their nectar with drugs to make bees...
Bees could hold the key to preventing HIV transmission. Researchers have discovered that bee venom kills the virus while leaving body cells unharmed, which...
Bob Danka, a research entomologist with the Honey Bee Breeding, Genetics and Physiology Laboratory in Baton Rouge, said Louisiana has not experienced CCD, but...
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...
