By Paige Embry, Undark Magazinesmithsonian.comSeptember 30, 2019Read the original and full article here. Give the gift of Smithsonian magazine for only $12! http://bit.ly/1cGUiGvFollow us: @SmithsonianMag on Twitter Virtually everyone in the beekeeping business will tell you that the biggest threat facing honeybees isn’t pesticides, starvation, or even the…
September 10, 2019Article written by Derek Mitchell, The Conversation View the original article here. Credit: Aleksandr Gavrilychev/Shutterstock Despite the importance of nests to honey bees, the hives we build them bear little resemblance and have few of the properties of the natural tree nests European…
Article by: Adam Allington and David Schultz May 23, 2019 View the full article here. Initially, there were three types of European honeybees put to work in the New World. But the Italian honeybees, which were bred to be docile and produce high volumes of…
Written by Jeff Crum with Spectrum News Read the entire article here. Yes, perhaps, bees can predict the weather. The study found that the honey bees, on days prior to rainy days, spent more time out of the hive foraging for honey as compared to…
By Madeline Farber | Fox News To read the full article click here “It’s swarm season! If you see a large cloud of bees congregating somewhere or a large cluster of them hanging on a branch, sign, fence post, etc, DO NOT BE FRIGHTENED! These…
Cherokee Beekeepers Club / Appalachian Beekeepers Association of Georgia Joint Summer Field Trip/Picnic in Jasper Saturday, June 15, 2019 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM Location: Pickens County Chamber of Commerce, 500 Stegall Drive, Jasper, GA 30143The Cherokee Beekeepers Club and the Appalachian Beekeepers Association of Georgia…
Source:University of Maryland Honey bee colonies around the world are at risk from a variety of threats, including pesticides, diseases, poor nutrition and habitat loss. Recent research suggests that one threat stands well above the others: a parasitic mite, Varroa destructor, which specializes in attacking…
A nearly three-decade-old mystery of mass honeybee mortality appears to have been solved by researchers in the UK. The collapse of bee colonies in France during the mid- to late-1990s was widely blamed on the neonicotinoid insecticide imidacloprid, but new research has revealed the likely…
This function will be held at the home of CBC members Josh & Jen Briggs. New beekeepers will not want to miss this hands-on demonstration of package installations. Experienced beekeepers will learn key elements for making splits in an effort to become more self-sufficient. We…
A Beginning Beekeeping Workshop With A Strong Emphasis On Practical Beekeeping Who: Individuals and families interested in learning about bee keepingDate: Saturday, February 23rd, 2019When: 8:00 am – 4 pmWhere: First Baptist Church Holly Springs, 2632 Holly Springs Parkway, Holly Springs, GA 30142What to bring:…
