The Bee That Everyone Wants to Save My neighbour has 50 hives, the road has 30 more. That's 4 million honeybees, and not one of them is the bee that actually needs saving.

Fascinating – and alarming 🐝:

“The Bee That Everyone Wants To Save”, ‘The Naturalist’ (naturalist.bearblog.dev/the-bee-that...).

Via HN: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4752...

#Bees #HoneyBees #BumbleBees #Insects #Environment #Pollination #BeeKeeping #BeeHives #BeesColonies #Flora

Nsefu Wildlife's 5 key conservation programs are the tools we use to protect wildlife in Zambia. We're also developing 3 additional programs. nsefu.org/nsefu-wildli... #nwcf #nsefu #education #beekeeping #sewing #snareremoval #borehole #rapidresponse #mobileconservationeducation #zambia #biofencing

On the cusp … Early hive inspections — and why you shouldn't — some thoughts on variable spring weather and progress in predicting swarming, and how the accuracy of the waggle dance varies depending on who is…

[New post] Early hive inspections — and why you shouldn't — some thoughts on variable spring weather and progress in predicting swarming, and how the accuracy of the waggle dance varies depending on who is watching.
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#beekeeping

Reiterating my reasons for not using upper ventilation in my hives, why I changed my mind about moisture quilts, Vivaldi Boards, quilt boxes, vent boxes, etc.

youtu.be/yvUC2grwMt4

mudsongs.org #beekeeping in #Newfoundland

Is Honey Vegan? While removing the honeycombs, beekeepers typically wear a full-body suit, including a veil, for protection. If bees wanted humans anywhere near their honey, none of this would be necessary.

On #WDR TV there´s just a show for deaf people on, today´s theme is #Beekeeping, in my opinion that´s #AnimalAbuse, the bees need the honey themselves.
I do not eat honey for that reason.
www.peta.org.uk/news/honey-i...
@petauk.bsky.social

After 2 hours of cleaning wax off pots and dishes, I have some newfound respect for the damn material. #beekeeping

What’s up, whoever reposts this is a Hitler Dracula!

#indiegames #gaming #gamedev #gamers #gambling #horse #acting #drama #news #gamenews #beekeeping

Enjoyed a recent presentation - “Apitecture”: On Bees and Built Forms in the Lands of Islam by Prof. Christiane Gruber, founder of Khamseen.
Delighted to share images & insights through our website #Eva’sTravels #HistoricalCollection.
Could our resources support your research?
#beekeeping

#DYK that #sustainable #beekeeping:
🐝 Provides #pollination & apitherapy
🐝 Produces honey, wax & propolis
🐝 Helps maintain a healthy environment
🐝 Supports livelihoods of small scale producers
🐝 Helps achieve SDGs
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Head beekeeper taking a selfie with the scientists

Scientists enjoying honey

Bees clustering out the front of their hive

Every year Science Meets Parliament #SMP2026 brings together researchers, politicians, and media to share ideas - and the tour of the Parliament #bees is one of the hottest tickets!
Loved talking to everyone about how #beekeeping starts conversations around landscapes, climate and food security!

Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems | The-14 Importing queen bees won’t fix Canada’s beekeeping crisis. Research highlights risks, from fragile supply chains weaker winter survival and pollution impacts.!

Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems
#Canada #Environment #Beekeeping #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Pollution #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Farming #BeeColonies #Ecosystem #HoneyBees #FoodSystem #AirPollution #QueenBees #Beehive
the-14.com/importing-qu...

So please be vigilant and share the WATCH OUT message

Images above cropped from from commons.wikimedia.org/.../File:Asi.... used under CC Share alike licence
#AsianHornet #AlienInvaders #UKWildlife #Bee #Beekeeping

This video gives a great overview www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1mL... of the threat and how they are tracked down
These websites give a lot more information on how to identify them and what to do if you do see them. #AsianHornet #AlienInvaders #UKWildlife #Bee #Beekeeping

Mad Honey: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel Mad Honey: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel - Kindle edition by Picoult, Jodi, Boylan, Jennifer Finney. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Mad Honey: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel.

Mad Honey: A Novel

"Imagine a sorrow so deep that it batters the hatches of sleep; imagine drowning before you even realize you’ve gone under"

Sale: $2.99 to $2.99

by Jodi Picoult
Rating: 4.4/5 (72,006 Reviews)

#MadHoney #Mystery #Thriller #Crime #Beekeeping #Love #Suspense #BookClub #BookSky

About to be a guest on a beekeeping podcast. Wish me luck. #Beekeeping

There’s More Going On in Almond Pollination Than People Think. #beekeeping www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvFj...

🐝 Avec l'arrivée du Printemps, l'heure du constat ! #apiculture #abeille #bee #beekeeping www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Ng...

Got busy and rendered down some old wax. Need to do another pass to get it a bit cleaner, but not bad for the first melt. #beekeeping

Start of spring can you spot the queen and other types of bees on the frame. #beekeeping #academia #education #learning #phd

Bigger queens, better queens … and easier queens Colonies are highly selective when choosing larvae to rear queen. Standard (grafting-based) queen rearing methods are not. In this post I briefly discuss the science of larval selection, and then…

[New post for sponsors] We know a lot about how colonies select eggs/larvae to rear queens from under the emergency response … they're very good at it. ALL this knowledge is ignored when grafting larvae. Here are a couple of easier ways to do it.
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#beekeeping

A Blast of Charcoal Dust Could Stop Invasive Asian Hornets in Their Tracks Researchers test activated charcoal dust as a non-toxic alternative to insecticides for controlling yellow-legged hornet nests

Invasive yellow-legged hornets are giving European beekeepers sleepless nights.

Could giving their nests a good dusting be a relatively humane response?

medium.com/science-spec...

#bugsky #beesky #beekeeping #scicomm

Final stretch of the great #beekeeping kit sort-out for the new season 🐝 Not nearly as daunting as expected—but the small freezer is still packed with frames of drawn comb waiting for a proper tidy-up. One last push before the bees season cosumes me again!

Winter losses 25–26 Do wet winters kill bees? Winter losses in '25/'26 appear to be unusually high. Inevitably, the miserable winter rain is blamed. However, I suspect the problem may be due to the earlier drought, a…

[New post for sponsors] Why are winter losses apparently so high this year? In addition to the usual (mites, starvation, falling trees etc.) there's been a lot of rain. Is this the issue, or did the problems start earlier in the year during the drought?
theapiarist.org/winter-losse...
#beekeeping

Wishing all our beekeepers the best of luck in tomorrow’s module exams. Don’t worry about the exam & just think how much you’ve learned
🐝🎓📚☘️

#scottish #beekeepers #beekeeping #honeybee #exams #modules #knowledge #growth

The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or, On the Segregation of the Queen To face honestly all possible conclusions formed by a set of facts is the noblest route possible for a human being

The Beekeeper's Apprentice: Or, On the Segregation of the Queen

"There is no treachery in the truth. There may be pain"

Sale: $19 to $1.99

by Laurie R. King
Rating: 4.5/5 (6,819 Reviews)

#Mystery #SherlockHolmes #Beekeeping #Books #HistoricalFiction #Detective #BookSky

Operation Trick Feral Bees Into One Of Our Empty Hives is officially a go!

#Beekeeping

Ding, dong, c'est la saison du frelon à pattes jaunes, vespa velutina ! A vos pièges de printemps #bees #abeilles #apiculture #beekeeping #velutina

Hoping to #Beekeeping 1st open hive inspection tomorrow, along with their 1st varroa treatment. I'll clean and sort in the hive and put on new clean floors and crown boards; they seem to like a clean floor and crown board in spring. If I can I will get them into 1 brood body ready for splitting

#beekeeping hive maintenance today, started with the hive boxes-brood + honey, cleaned + sterlised. Removed old wax from some frames, will wash them tomorrow. Also, I'll start on the frames in the Freezer, the bees get the smell of honey + come see me when I'm doing these. They're working gorse now

Beginner’s Guide to Start Beekeeping (Without Going Off-Grid) Are you interested in beekeeping? We have 10 detailed tips to consider before you start beekeeping. Get your own honey bees and honey.

Ever thought about beekeeping. Things to consider eattravellife.com/start-beekee... #beekeeping #honeybees