#beethoughts Archives

Pollination services and bee conservation

“Pollination services”, “without bees our dinner tables will look differently”, “bees are important for a healthy and tasty diet” – […]

By Claudia Garrido / 14 February 2020

The finding that engineered bacteria could help against varroa and the Deformed Wing Virus (DWV) made a big buzz. These

By Claudia Garrido / 31 January 2020

The meaning of life, one of my professors at the university said, is to maintain yourself alive and to procreate.

By Claudia Garrido / 25 November 2019

The so-called “Krefeld study” brought insect declines into public attention. After Hallmann and co-workers published their results in late 2017,

By Claudia Garrido / 8 November 2019

The claim to “save the bees” is very strong these days. In principle, this is a good thing. I really

By Claudia Garrido / 18 October 2019

Bee nutrition and parasites are getting quite some attention these days. Which I’m very happy about, as I prefer to

Darwinian beekeeping aims to improve honey bee health by applying some principles of their biology to management techniques. Until there,

Insect diversity, or better, the loss of it is much discussed these days. It’s definitely a good thing that insects