Category: Authors
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Glyphosate Retraction
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! The Rights of People and Bees By: Ross Conrad In the latest red flag that should cause even the most earnest pesticide advocate to seriously question and reject the current U.S. regulatory process…
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Found in Translation
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Your Honey’s Secrets By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Last month, I discussed DNA fingerprints left behind by bees and their associates as they crawl over hive surfaces. There are now many…
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We Need All the Bees, and They Need Us
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Matt Mulica, Honey Bee Health Coalition For at least 3,000 years, humans have taken on the responsibility of ensuring honey bees have adequate food in exchange for honey and pollination. Especially in recent…
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Minding Your Bees and Cues
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! For the Love of Bees By: Becky Masterman Beekeepers keep a threat list based on beekeeping experiences. The longer you have been a beekeeper, the lengthier your list of beekeeping menaces might be.…
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The Hidden Skill That Can Turn Any Good Beekeeper Into a Great One Part 2
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns Most beekeepers, during their first few years, (myself included) seem to inspect their bees in a predictable way. We inspect our bees by focusing on individual parts rather than seeing…
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Observations of Apis Laboriosa: Nesting Patterns, Migration, and High-Altitude Foraging Behavior
By: Rashmi Kandel Apis laboriosa, scientifically known as the giant Himalayan honey bee, displays unique behaviors not present in other species of bees. Their hives are huge, extending several metres, different from what’s normally found around us, and are hidden on the overhangs of cliffs high as hundreds of metres high above the ground. The…
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The Honey Bee Secret to Staying Clean and Healthy
This article was originally published by the UGA College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences By: Maria Lameiras Step inside a honey bee colony, and you’ll find one of nature’s busiest and most crowded neighborhoods. Tens of thousands of bees live shoulder to shoulder, working together to raise young, store food and protect their queen. The…
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UBC Research Reveals Why Honey Bees Overthrow Their Queen
This article was originally published in The University of British Columbia, Faculty of Medicine view the original story here: https://www.med.ubc.ca/news/ubc-research-reveals-why-honey-bees-overthrow-their-queen/ By: UBC Faculty of Medicine New research shows how viral infections disrupt colony stability — and a key pheromone that could help maintain cohesive, productive hives. It sounds like the plot of a medieval historical…