Clinical studies – beyond honey bee health
Honey bee health is the main topic of my work. My concept of this has changed over the years. I […]
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Bee research during a pandemic – joys and worries
Bee research means being outside – at least in my case. For me, it also means travelling a lot. I
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Pollinator decline – the need for diversified measures
Pollinator decline, especially bees, is still getting quite a bit of attention these days. However, an essential point still doesn’t
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Some pollination on the roof garden – but not many bees
About a month ago, I told you about my roof terrace and my intention to transform it in a bee
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Almond flowers – stunning beauty or pollination industry?
Three years ago, it happened that I was in Andalucía in February. I arrived quite late the day before I
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Honey bee pathology – not only about diseases and parasites
This was a very busy and demanding week. I was at the CREA-API in Bologna teaching at the yearly honey
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Cleptoparasites – a microcosm in trapnests
Though my “bee-career” began with floral ecology, cleptoparasites very soon got my attention. For my master thesis I examined the
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Megachile sculpturalis – giant bee coming from Asia
Two days ago I had a big surprise in the garden of the CREA-API in Bologna: I met my first
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Swarming? – No, absconding.
Reading about a healthy and persistent wild bee population in the USA resisting also varroa infestation made me think of
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Bombus dahlbomii: more than just a single species
My “bee career” began with bumblebees. It was in a course of evolutionary ecology at the university; together with another