Beekeeper Survey
This a public survey looking for input from veterinarians but also animal caretakers, animal industry stakeholders/businesses/farms/ academics i.e. Beekeepers. They consider bees to be…
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Queen Bee: Berry Turns a Sweet Hobby Into Research & Impact
By Brandon Ward Jennifer Berry has always been interested in insects. As a child, she would spend time in the woods behind her house, fascinated…
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Agriculture Technology Innovator Terra Vera Launches ApiVera to Preserve Bee Populations and Optimize Bee Health
Terra Vera, an agriculture technology company leading the charge towards a more food-secure future with amino acid-based crop management solutions, is launching ApiVera, a new…
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Sugar-Conditioned Honey Bees Can Be Biased Towards a Nectarless Dioecious Crop
M. Cecilia Estravis-Barcala, Florencia Palottini, Facundo Verellen, Andrés González & Walter M. Farina Scientific Reports volume 14, Article number: 18263 (2024) Cite this article Abstract The targeted pollination strategy has shown positive results in…
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Combining Pest Treatments May Be Key to Helping Honey Bees Survive the Winter
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Winters can be tough on managed honey bee colonies, with beekeepers in the United States reporting that one-third of their colonies die…
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A New Threat to AMERICA?
By: Dr. Humberto Boncristiani https://www.insidethehive.tv/ contact@insidethehive.tv
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Can Bees Recognize Faces?
By: Tracey Peake The short answer? Yes. But there’s a bit more to the story. Recently David Tarpy, professor of applied ecology at NC State…
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Honey Production Sweetens Bee Lab’s Research
POLLINATOR RESEARCH PRODUCED 2 TONS OF GOLDEN NECTAR IN 2023 By Kristina Jackson | University Communication and Marketing https://news.unl.edu/article/honey-production-sweetens-bee-labs-research Each summer, students in Judy Wu-Smart’s bee…
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Tropilaelaps is established in Western Russia
Our next big Honey Bee health fear is of course the Tropilaelaps mite. Natural spread is expected but with our local, regional, country…
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Raspberry Pi used to count bees — Brazilian researchers use a Pi Zero 2 W and some AI to help keep hives healthy
By: Ash Hill What’s the buzz? This bee counting Pi project, that’s what. Researchers at the Federal University of Itajuba in Brazil, including professor…
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Beekeeping Breakthroughs: Purdue Research Strengthens Honey Bee Colonies For Top Pollination Performance
Amid National Pollinators Month, beekeepers are focusing their efforts on enhancing their bee colonies’ resilience, particularly in preparation for the harsh winter months ahead. Krispn…
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Yellow-Legged Ledger
The Department’s Plant Protection Division team has been hard at work – finding and swiftly eradicating 3 Yellow-legged hornet’s nests over a 24-hour period…
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NIFA Invests $5.7M in Pollinator Health
NIFA has announced more than $5.7 million in funding for 10 projects as part of the Pollinator Health: Research and Application program. The program supports projects…
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Amitraz Resistance in French Varroa Mites: Not Related to a Single Mutation
The findings revealed regional occurrences of amitraz resistance, with a less severe decrease in treatment efficacy compared to other pesticides. Notably, the genetic analysis showed…
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Thriving hives: Research, education support backyard beekeepers
Contact: Meg Henderson STARKVILLE, Miss.—Backyard beekeepers play a critical role in maintaining a thriving pollinator population, and two Mississippi State scientists in the Department…
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2024 ABRC Proceedings
Part 2 DOI: https://doi.org/10.55406/ABRC.4.24.2 Pesticides and Acaricides Control of Varroa destructor with Lithium Chloride: Efficacy and Side Effects Rein, C1; Rosenkranz, P1; Traynor, K1…
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The 2023-2024 US Beekeeping Survey is Live!
Hosted by: Apiary Inspectors of America and Auburn University Spring has sprung in most parts of the country, which means it’s time to take…
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Colony Loss Survey in Latin America
Scientific Reports First large-scale study reveals important losses of managed honey bee and stingless bee colonies in Latin America Fabrice Requier, Malena Sibaja Leyton,…
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Honey Bee Egg Sampling
Eggs sampling as an effective tool for identifying the incidence of viruses in honey bees involved in artificial queen rearing Laura Šimenc, Ivan Toplak,…
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The 2023-2024 US Beekeeping Survey is Live!
Hosted by: Apiary Inspectors of America and Auburn University Spring has sprung in most parts of the country, which means it’s time to take…
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