Queen's Contrivance Beekeeping

10/25/2022

10/21/2022

https://catholicreview.org/?s=Honey+time

04/28/2020

MORE THAN 1,500 BEE DANCE MOVES DECODED BY SCIENTISTS

"The most interesting about bees is their communication," said entomologist Morgan Carr-Markell.

04/28/2020

https://www.newsweek.com/honey-bees-hives-tresspasser-deadly-virus-1500432

According to new research, Israeli acute paralysis virus (IAPV) can manipulate bees' behavior so that infected individuals can enter new colonies.

04/22/2020

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/20/epa-faces-court-over-backing-of-monsantos-controversial-crop-system

The ninth circuit court of appeals is being asked to overturn the EPA’s approval of a Monsanto herbicide that is allegedly a threat to farm crops across the US

01/22/2020

https://earthjustice.org/features/bees-beekeepers-neonics-perfect-crime

Honey bee colonies have experienced widespread die-offs. Many beekeepers believe a class of pesticides are weakening their bees. Mega-corporations are making a killing off their pesticides—but are they also getting away with murder? View the photo essay.

01/21/2020

Significant losses of managed honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera L.) have been reported annually around the world (Neumann and Carreck, 2010; Potts et al., 2010). It is also well established that wild bees face localized and broad-scale threats as a result of human activities, including land-use int...

01/21/2020

http://theconversation.com/keeping-honeybees-doesnt-save-bees-or-the-environment-102931

All too often the media buzz is centred around the managed honeybee, at the expense of other wild bee species.

01/21/2020

The Varroa Destructor Mite

01/21/2020

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/beekeepers-seek-save-honeybees-colony-invading-pest-180973241/

01/21/2020

Interesting article on the demise and efforts to revive the American Chestnut:

It is hard to overstate the value and cultural importance of the American chestnut tree for those who came before us.