Bee News

Weather Water Cooler Video with BJ Weeks and Jennifer Berry

A Weather Water Cooler break with BJ Weeks, President of the Cherokee Beekeepers Club, and Jennifer Berry, UGA Bee Lab, describing the reasons for the perpetual decline in honey bees. The varroa destructor is a honey bee mite that viruses use as a vector to infect honey bees around the world, and here at home. Jennifer Berry with the University of Georgia Bee Lab describes how the environmental shifts get honey bees and other pollinators out of sync with blooming periods throughout the year.