Bumblebees better than honeybees? When it comes to certain areas of pollination they are. The faster wing beat of Bumblebees is more in tune with flowers that require vibrations around 400 Hz to release their pollen. These rapid vibrations are…
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COLOSS 2014 Survey on Colony losses
Colony losses are a serious problem facing beekeepers as indicated by the high losses (37%) experienced by Irish beekeepers last year. Although this season, the situation looks more positive, it is still important to quantify the losses and identify the…
National Survey on disease prevalence in managed honeybee colonies
Update May 15th 2014: The survey has started with selected beekeepers. Dear Beekeeper, One of the aims of National Apiculture Programme 2013-2016 is to carry out a national survey to assess the prevalence of diseases in the managed honeybee colonies…
Honey Gathering in Nepal
The Gurung tribesmen of Nepal are master honey hunters, risking their lives collecting honeycomb in the foothills of the Himalayas, using nothing more than handmade rope ladders and long sticks known as tangos. Some stunning images from the Guardian Newspaper…
Trained sniffer bees?
Two years ago the UK government funded a project to train bees to detect trace vapours of drugs and explosives. Under the government contract, Inscentinel, a spin-out of Rothamsted Research, developed a portable handheld sensor known as the VASOR136 (volatile…
