Bee health workshops highlight fresh dangers of predators and diseases

Bee health workshops highlight fresh dangers of predators and diseases

Bee Health Workshops have been held in three venues in Ulster, sponsored by the Ulster Beekeepers Association, and are always valuable in bringing…

Reminiscences of a honeyed career

CRANBROOK – Those involved in the art of keeping bees often mention a lifelong attraction to the insects. For BC provincial apiculturist Paul van Westendorp, a Grade 3 school trip sparked his interest. “Apparently, it made such an impression on me, I couldn’t stop talking about them for weeks,” van Westendorp told the BC Honey … Source

South Philly beekeeper expands operation and educates others - Grid Magazine

On a windy March afternoon, Mark Berman poured a pile of sugar onto a piece of newspaper to feed one of his 13 bee colonies. Berman was providing the sugar supplement because the night temperatures were still dipping into the 30s, but there were signs that spring — and honey production — had begun. One hive over, worker bees came and went, bringing back pollen they had packed into flakes and stuck to their hind legs. Honeybees are Berman’s passi…

Prudence! At the end of April, the primary nests of Asian hornets are beginning to appear. The alert is launched this Tuesday, April 29 by the Groupement de défense sanitaire apiculaire du Rhône et de la Métropole de Lyon (GDSA 69), the Groupement de défense sanitaire (GDS) du Rhône and the Groupement d'action sanitaire apiculaire [...] Read more In the Rhône, the hunt for the primary nests of Asian hornets begins has appeared first on Lyon Capi…

Beware of the ideas received: trapping Asian hornets in the spring can do more harm than good. Here's why you have to be vigilant before acting. Read more The disadvantages of Asian hornet traps that traders do not indicate enough appeared first on NeozOne.