Tom Seeley
by Ann Harman You have read his books: Honeybee Ecology (1985), The Wisdom of the Hive (1996), and Honeybee Democracy (2010). You have attended…
Read Moreby Ann Harman You have read his books: Honeybee Ecology (1985), The Wisdom of the Hive (1996), and Honeybee Democracy (2010). You have attended…
Read Moreby Toni Burnham If you are a beekeeper in North America, and you have a connection to the Internet (or anyone you know has…
Read Moreby Ed Colby I did some dumb things when I was a kid, so I didn’t mind helping out a young man who could…
Read MoreA beekeeper in Oklahoma writes: In all of my years of beekeeping, it seems to me that when you introduce a new queen into…
Read Moreby Jessica Louque As an apiary inspector for North Carolina, Don Hopkins normally needs to be notified when you bring in bee packages from…
Read MoreA new report shows that less than 6% of groundwater in the upper two kilometres of the Earth’s landmass is renewable within a human…
Read MoreFIONA MACDONALD It’s long been suspected that humans began working with bees thousands of years ago, but despite Egyptian drawings and rock art depicting…
Read MoreAlan Harman The first-ever study of pesticide residues on field-caught bees finds native bees are being exposed to neonicotinoid insecticides and other pesticides. The…
Read MoreMICHAEL HILL, Associated Press, in FOOD MANUFACTURING NEW PALTZ, N.Y. (AP) — Hauling feed, herding pigs, (and keeping bees) means long hours. Farming is…
Read Moreby Steven Wallander, Marcel Aillery, and Glenn Schaible California has a highly variable climate, and severe droughts occur there with considerable frequency. The current…
Read MoreAlan Harman An international group of pollination experts has published a second summary in as many years on the scientific evidence about the effects…
Read MoreA varroa mile clings to a forager (worker bee) as the bee nectars on lavender. (Photos by Kathy Keatley Garvey) By Kathy…
Read MoreAlan Harman The high cost of soil testing for urban farms makes such a venture’s financial sustainability questionable. Urban farming is becoming all the…
Read MoreAlan Harman Bumblebees more at risk from neonicotinoids. (Photo by Barbara McClellan) An international group of pollination experts has published a second summary in…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, D.C., November 5 – Before eating your next meal, pause for a moment to thank the humble honeybee. Farmers of almonds, broccoli, cantaloupe…
Read MoreResearchers from North Carolina State University have found that urban environments increase pathogen abundance in honey bees (Apis mellifera) and reduce honey bee…
Read MorePlease join the Pollinator Partnership, the American Society of Landscape Architects and other organizations and businesses including this one by signing a group letter…
Read MoreThree major European beekeeping groups are appealing to the European Court of Justice to overturn the European Union’s approval for the use of the…
Read MoreCHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Even as larvae, honey bees are tuned in to the social culture of the hive, becoming more or less aggressive depending…
Read MoreJonathan Lundgren, an entomologist with the USDA’s Agriculture Research Service, filed a whistleblower complaint Wednesday alleging the federal agency suppressed his research on a…
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