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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Learning for bee health, nutrition, and a good life
As a business owner, sometimes you have to take a step back and review what you do. Assess if it’s
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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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End of the bee season – and still working for bee health
The bee season is coming to an end. It was a busy one for me, especially at the end. I’m
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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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Bee nutrition and health for conservation
Sometimes you have to think big. A recent paper by Parreño and co-authors discusses the links between biodiversity and bee
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Good practices – collaboration for bee health
When it comes to treat bee diseases there’s a huge gap. There are – good and efficient – varroa treatments.
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Sustainable agriculture for bees
Sustainable agriculture for bees – that’s a claim I hear quite often. Most often it’s followed by “ ban pesticides!”.
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The superorganism honey bee colony and its welfare
A honey bee colony is a superorganism. Something I say very often is: “A colony is more than the sum