Yes, for the beekeeper who has [nearly] everything - and for the beekeeper's Friends, Family and Significant Others who are desperate to think of something as a present... Available to purchase from Mellifica - and soon also from Northern Bee Books https://www.northernbeebooks.co.uk/
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This story smells iffy, to say the least. Were any people in Nigeria actually exterminating, or trying to exterminate, bees? No, but let's not let a headline stand in the way of a story, eh?
https://www.arise.tv/nigerians-warned-against-exterminating-bees/
If you have any idea what "Quectel supports commercial beekeeping with LTE module" means, please let me know... There's probably a good story in there, buried by technology.
https://www.iotinsider.com/news/quectel-supports-commercial-beekeeping-with-lte-module/
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Yes, for the beekeeper who has [nearly] everything - and for the beekeeper's Friends, Family and Significant Others who are desperate to think of something as a present... Available to purchase from Mellifica
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Aristotle, of Stagirus, Thinker
Baden-Powell, Agnes Smyth, Established the Girl Guides
Beckham, David Robert Joseph, Footballer
Clarkson, Jeremy Charles Robert, Farmer
Coleman, Zendaya Maree Stoermer, Actor
DiCaprio, Leonardo Wilhelm, Actor
Fenty, Robyn Rihanna, Singer
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Johnson, Dwayne Douglas, Wrestler
Knowles, Beyoncé Giselle, Singer
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Fascinating presentation yesterday evening from Steve Riley, author of The Honey Bee Solution to Varroa.
In a nutshell, the thesis is that treating bees with miticides is creating selection pressure for treatment-resistant mites while simultaneously creating selection pressure for varroa-susceptible bees.
As Steve confirms, this is hardly news.
The point he and others make is that it is possible to select for mite-resistant bees by close observation of behaviour, and - over time - stop treating with miticides.
The book "explains the practical steps beekeepers can take to identify and select for easily observable Varroa-resistant traits in their colonies. The science behind the bees’ mechanisms for controlling their mite populations is explained, in what is a bee-led solution to the biggest challenge facing the European honey bee."
Available from Northern Bee Books and Amazon
The obvious, curious point: the thief must have been another beekeeper.
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/beehive-bandit-makes-off-57-190935708.html
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The first official Army bees have taken up residence at the headquarters of Standing Joint Command in Aldershot – and they are already creating quite a buzz.
Plenty more in the press about Vespa velutina nigrithorax... My conclusion: we may win a few battles, but the war is already lost.
Apart from the tariffs, get this: 1,000 barrels of honey (about 300 tonnes) every year!
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/sask-beekeepers-hope-avoid-sting-100039670.html
A new game you know you want to play...
Apparently, Washington State University entomologists think that commercial honey bee colony losses are projected to reach between 60% and 70% in 2025.
Crikey.
More here https://abcnews.go.com/US/honey-bee-colonies-face-70-losses-2025-impacting/story?id=120191720
More here: https://news.wsu.edu/news/2025/03/25/honey-bee-colony-declines-grow-as-wsu-researchers-work-to-fight-losses/
Why do I think "stoner" when I see this photo? Anyway, it turns out that (a) Branden does all the beekeeping and (b) Her Indoors doesn't like honey.
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Finished reading Grey Bees by Andrey Kurkov. Not sure if I enjoyed it, exactly...
In an article headed "The fight to save the native Welsh honeybee," it struck me that there probably isn't a native Welsh bee:
1) 'Wales' is a political construct created by people, not bees
2) Great Britain might have had an identifiable strain of bees, the British Black Bee
3) A rule of thumb is that species within a genus cannot successfully interbreed, but all A mellifera can interbreed successfully
So being a Linnaean curmudgeon, I don't think there is a native Welsh honeybee.
https://nation.cymru/feature/the-fight-to-save-the-native-welsh-honeybee/
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Sad story: https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/beekeeper-devastated-after-300-000-drowned-during-horrific-new-year-s-day-flooding/ar-AA1xtwQG
One of the greatest questions facing humanity: fencing veil or pepperpot?
Pic from the Wisborough Green Beekeepers' Association, www.wgbka.org.uk
