Honey Bee Colony as Superorganism
The issue 94(1) of Bee World is a Special Issue devoted to the exciting subject of the “superorganism”. A superorganism is an organism consisting of many organisms, and the term is often used to describe a...
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Bee deaths from pesticides threaten nation’s honey and beekeepers in Greece
Bees swarm around Evropi-Sofia Dalampira as she walks along Anel Honey Park’s on-site honeybee colonies next to beekeeper Kostas Boudouths, who is checking his hives. She was leading a tour group of kindergarteners through...
Welcome to the luxury bee hotel
By Emma Sarah Tennant I love to watch the bees hard at work in our garden, but often think they deserve a holiday. So I was thrilled to get an email from Fiona Lane...
First varroa treatment approved for use in Australia
By Stephen Fleming Apiguard, the organically-approved varroa control treatment from Vita (Europe) Ltd, has just been approved for use in Australia. It is the first varroa control product to be approved by the Australian...
Where would you like to keep bees?
By Stephen Fleming I’ve just discovered a fascinating new site featuring Google Earth’s Street View. You have to guess where in the world the Street View location is – and for added beekeeper fun,...
EyesOnHives: Tool to Revolutionize Honey Bee Hive Monitoring
Keltronix Inc in the beggining of November announced the launch of EyesOnHivesTM a powerful analytics platform that helps beekeepers, scientists, and other researchers quantify and assess the activity and health of a beehive. With EyesOnHives, beehive activity...
Beenomics: Developing more Sustanibly Honey Bees
Can you imagine to rear honey bee colonies resistant to varroa and other bee diseases, with the capability to increase honey production and overcome harsh winters? “Hot dream” of every beekeeper can soon become a...
European Honey Breakfast – 20 November 2015
This year the Honey Breakfast will take place in quite a few countries: Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, the Czech Republic, and Romania. In 2014, Hungary and Romania started organising the European Honey Breakfast and they...
Portrait of a bee biologist – Tom Seeley
Tom Seeley is probably the most famous living bee biologist, renowned as author of a number of major books such as “The wisdom of the hive” and “Honey bee democracy”. In the latest issue...
Losses of honey bee colonies over the 2014/15 winter
The honey bee research association COLOSS has announced the preliminary results of their international study of colony losses over the 2014-15 winter. Data were collected from 31 countries. Egypt, Russia and the Ukraine participated for the...
44th Apimondia: Early-Registration period EXTENDED
Early-registration period has been extended until July 12th, 2015. If you missed the chance to register for the discounted price, grab this chance. This will be the last chance you can get it because...
