Mr. Adee (pronounced Ay-Dee) is America’s largest beekeeper, and this is his busy season. Some 92,000 hives had to be deployed before those buds burst into blossom so that his bees could get to the crucial work of pollination. Whatever the reason, in the year…
Bumble bees are closely related to honey bees. Both are affected by various Nosema bacteria. What can we learn from the bumble bee research that can apply to honey bees? “We used molecular techniques to screen thousands of bumble bees to track Nosema infections before…
The horrific worst-case scenario: all bees are gone. What would the world do? Turn to robotic drones according to one Japanese researcher. The artificial pollinators described in today’s study are manually controlled via a remote control. In the future, the researchers hope to use a…
“Before conducting the experiment we thought the bees would have a much higher metabolism in degraded areas because they would need to travel further in search of food,” Professor Bradshaw said. “Surprisingly we found the opposite. The metabolic rate of bees in natural woodland was…
Our relationship with them began as early as the year 6000 BCE in Spain when humans began utilizing the fruits of their labor: since then, we’ve been taking advantage of their honey as a food source, medicine and form of currency, wax as a sealant…
Sure we’re all about honeybees, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate these amazing Orchid Bees. We hope you enjoy their amazing color as well. Share this beekeeping info:Click to print (Opens in new window)Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new…
A Montana beekeeper says thieves got away with 488 beehives he had taken to California to pollinate almond trees. Thieves used semitrailers to steal about 190,000 bees between Monday night and Tuesday morning in Yuba City, California. Read the whole story on Fox 2 by…
James Hetfield of Metallica talks bee keeping on his ranch in Vail, Colorado on the Joe Rogan Experience #887. The interview isn’t safe for work, but very intesting if you enjoy Metallica and bee keeping. I’m sure there is a lot of crossover there. Take…
“It’s a very natural environment here,” said Raul Vásquez, a farm employee. “The government is not allowed to sell us chemicals – this could be the reason why the bees aren’t dying here” as they have been in other places. Bee keepers in the United…
He found hives without bees but filled with honey still in the honeycombs. Because yellow jackets pilfering honey in the 20 hives died, he believes someone poisoned the bees. What he doesn’t know is why someone would kill the bees when bees are already struggling,…
