Losing Queens On Mating Flights
Virgin Queens Are Not Making It Back Hives lined up beside a field I’m deep into writing a book, with the deadline approaching faster than my output of words, but it seems wrong to neglect my blog for too much…
Category: Honey Bee Queens
All about the queen bee – the mother of the hive
Practical Tips About Queens
New virgin queen Finding, Marking and Introducing Queens As any regular reader of my blog will know, I'm obsessed with two things; queens and Varroa mites. Queens are essential to honey bees, as mothers are to all families. Mites are horrible things…
Origins Of Honey Bees
Photo by Braňo on Unsplash Genetic science has come on in leaps and bounds in the last few decades. It turns out that appearances can be deceptive as far as genes go. Even with their large population and worldwide distribution,…
Introductions
Rolling Stones 1969 Creator: L. Trievnor | Credit: Getty Images "Pleased to meet you, hope you guess my name," teases Mick Jagger in the epic Stones track "Sympathy for the Devil". He sings, "Let me please introduce myself; I'm a…
Mason Bees
I came across this and found it really interesting. https://player.vimeo.com/video/401368864
Black Bees and Brexit
Apis_mellifera_mellifera There are some topics guaranteed to cause blazing arguments even between friends and family, such as Brexit, or in the case of British beekeepers; the Black Bee (Apis mellifera mellifera). I love all bees and think it would be…