Category Archives: Honey Bee Facts

Sentinels of Health

When they detect the presence of a target odor, they extend their proboscis (a long [...]

30
Sep
Nat Geo : How do honey bees get their jobs?

A National Geographic video on how honey bees get their jobs, what these are, and [...]

20
Jun
Microplastics (in the form of fragments or fibers) have been found in honey bees and honey samples. In a paper published in January this year, researchers showed that exposure to MP’s may not affect their survival, but does impact on the rate at which honey bees feed, and their body weight - which may have long-term consequences for their overall health and that of the colony. The Bee Effect.
Did you know microplastics have been found in honey bees?

Microplastics ( fragments or fibers) have been found in honey bees and honey samples according [...]

05
Jun
A new paper shows how the lifespan of the adult honeybee appears to have shrunk by nearly 50% in the past 50 years.
Honeybee lifespan could be half what it was 50 years ago – new study

A new paper shows how the lifespan of the adult honeybee appears to have shrunk [...]

16
Nov
DNA contained in honey reveals honey bee health

Why is understanding the honeybee's ecological niche important? [...]

12
Aug
Blossoming Blues and Bees_The Bee Effect
Blossoming Blues and Bees

There is something simply romantic about blue flowers don’t you think?  It’s not surprising that [...]

19
Oct
Apis mellifera vulnerabilities less evident in African beekeeping due to indigenous knowledge and traditional beekeeping. Agave hive focus.
Lessons from Africa on how to build resilient bee colonies

Author: Neil Rusch Research Associate, University of the Witwatersrand Honeybees are under threat globally. These important pollinators [...]

25
Nov
Bee Food

Honey is the only food that includes all the substances necessary to sustain life – [...]

20
Jun
Network of African Science Academies, led by the Academy of Science of South Africa, brought together experts to review over 200 studies from 28 African countries, with a final report indicating that SA and the rest of African countries covered are actively contributing to the decline in honey bee numbers with farming methodology that outdates current research informing bans of these neonicotinoids in the EU. The report goes further identifying key messages for policy makers to make African agriculture more sustainable.
Europe has banned neonicotinoid insecticides, action is needed in Africa too

First marketed in the late 1990s, neonicotinoid insecticides have become the world’s most widely used [...]

25
Feb
Fires raging across Australia and the impact on the pure strain Ligurian honey bee on Kangaroo Island, which was dedicated as a honey bee sanctuary in 1885.
The Ligurian Bees of Kangaroo Island

As fires have raged across Australia the losses of honey bees and the impact on [...]

08
Jan
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