The BeeSafe Academy opens!
The Bee Health Compendium is out! What’s that, you may ask. Well, it’s a little eBook, in which I put […]
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Challenges for bee health – setting a base line
When we speak about the challenges for bee health, first of all we need to define what “bee health” even
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Keeping healthy bees – elements of good practice
For keeping healthy bees, good practices are essential. On the other hand, there isn’t a 100% guarantee that your colonies
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Avoid (large) colony losses in winter – know your enemy
Most beekeepers have colony losses in winter. This is something that happens even to the best beekeepers. Winter, after all,
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Bees in winter – the bottleneck for survival
I often get the question “what do you do with the bees in winter?”. People assume that I have a
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Bee health knowledge – about not falling into traps
In the past years, I’ve often thought that many problems would at least be smaller if people had more knowledge,
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Varroa treatments – compliance pays off
When it comes to varroa treatments, there’s apparently a gap between theory and practice. A sentence I often hear: “When
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How to: oxalic acid treatments against varroa
Oxalic acid treatments against varroa mites are both efficient against the parasite as well safe for the bee colonies. Efficiency
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Honey bee viruses – emergent diseases
Honey bee viruses didn’t seem to be a major issue for a long time. At least, they weren’t in the
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Engineered bacteria boosting honey bee health – a silver bullet?
The finding that engineered bacteria could help against varroa and the Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) made a big buzz. These