A Beginning Beekeeping Workshop With strong emphasis on Practical Beekeeping Saturday, February 11th 8:00 am – 4 pm 7:45 am registration and $55. fee at the door Includes one year membership- Preregister 1/1 through 2/1- Cost $50. Lunch and handouts provided – Bees for workshops…
Dr Joseph Woodgate, of the School of Biological and Chemical Sciences at QMUL, said: “This study provided an unprecedented look at where the bees flew, how their behaviour changed as they gained experience and how they balanced the need to explore their surroundings – looking…
“This is what’s left of Flowertown Bees,” a despondent keeper says in the video. Company co-owner Juanita Stanley told the Associated Press her farm looked “like it’s been nuked” and estimated 2.5 million bees were killed. I’m afraid that we haven’t learned from history. To…
Hello beekeepers, Here’s your chance to highlight your bee made products! If you’d like to drop off honey for judging, drop it off on Sunday September 18th between 2 and 5pm, or on Monday 9am-noon, or on Monday 2 and 5pm. The location is the…
You might inadvertently be bringing home pesticides from those flowers you bought at the hardware store. Sargent says it’s common practice for nurseries around the country to treat the seeds of the plants, or the plants themselves, with pesticides called neonicotinoids, that are highly toxic…
A key innovation was the commercial licensing of neonicotinoid insecticides for the crop in the UK in 2002. Seeds are coated with the chemical and every part of the plant becomes toxic to pests. Manufacturers hailed the development as a major advance, reducing the need…
Check out this webinar from The Ohio State University about Pesticides and Poisons in the Hive from May, 2016 by Reed M. Johnson. The webinar is about 56 minutes long. Read more here: Pesticides and Poisons in the Hive: an Overview of Bee Toxicology Share…
What an amazing study. Fascinating stuff. “One bee developed a straight route to a forage patch within four flights and followed this route exclusively for six days before abandoning it entirely for a closer location; this second location had not been visited since her first…
According to Chiarantona “[Westrich] said that one out of two things could have happened, the queen would have rested and gained energy and the swarm would’ve left in the morning, or they would have decided that the jet engine would be a great place to…
Still, there are only about 150 meaderies in the U.S. — whereas there are about 4,000 craft breweries. To gain a foothold with beer enthusiasts, Geffken is blurring the line between the two beverages. Right now, mead consumption is still limited primarily to wine enthusiasts,…
