Sunflowers, Helianthus annuus, gives pollen with a medium nutritional value to honey bees, and the[...]
It is always a rather complicated exercise to explain the workings of the honey bee[...]
The key to breeding disease-resistant honeybees could lie in a group of genes—known for controlling[...]
There’s widespread concern about the global decline of honey bees and the associated loss of[...]
Since 1972 research on the behaviour of the Varroa mite on honey bees has been[...]
Recently in Cape Town we have seen the overnight deaths of hundreds of thousands of[...]
Also known as Protea cynaroides, the King Protea is South Africa’s national flower. It is[...]
Also known as Rooikwas, the Scadoxus puniceus, or Blood Lily is a beautiful plant that[...]
Also known as Drolpeer the Dombeya rotundifolia, or Wild Pear, is a small fast growing[...]
Africa always conjures up images of open lands and freedom, and amazingly, our honey bee[...]
