Beekeeping Articles

Below are links to a variety of beekeeping articles and general subjects of interest.    The list is being continually updated.

 

General Articles About Beekeeping And Related Subjects

• What makes a good beekeeping association?  Some thoughts ….
  
  
• How would you describe your beekeeping group?  Is it a ‘sting operation’ or a ‘hive of activity’?
  
  
• Dr David Heaf talks about bee-friendly beekeeping.
  
  
• The Strange Disappearance Of The Bees - Film maker, Mark Daniels talks about his experience of filming this documentary.
  
  
• GloryBee - interview with an organic beekeeper and honey business.

• Read Facts about bee stings.  For some people, bee stings can represent a real danger, but on the other hand, those dangers may be exaggerated.  Reading the facts may help to put the danger in perspective. 
  
  
• Tom Theobald and Graham White - both beekeepers, write a letter to American Beekeepers
  
  
• Honey Bee Genetics - very short summary of some scientific papers covering a range of honey bee behaviours and characteristics.
  
  
• Wasps – wasps are considered a problem by beekeepers, but wasps themselves play their role in the eco-system. 
  Some beekeepers use waspinators as a deterrent to wasps at the bee hive.
  
  
• Phil Chandler, otherwise known as The Barefoot Beekeeper, talks about his beekeeping experience and his new book.
  

• History of beekeeping – a very, very short summary.
  
  
• Occupy Wall Street – Lessons the 1% could learn from bees!
  
  
• What is the ICPBR?
  
  

Beekeeping Articles Providing Tips And Advice

• Buying and cleaning used beekeeping equipment.
  
  
• A few words on monitoring your bee hive.
  
  
• Simple!  How to make a bee brush that is gentle on your honey bees.
  
  

• Need to move your bees?  See these beekeeping tips.
  
  
• Choosing a bee hive – what are your options?
  
  
• Thinking about becoming a beekeeper?  Read this item about beginning beekeeping.
  
  
• Free bee hive construction plans to download.
  
  
• Watch beekeepers in action with these beekeeping video clips here.
  
  
• Honey Jar Labels - some thoughts about using bespoke labels for your honey.
  
  

Beekeeping Articles Concerning Honey Bee Health

• Is this how we can best assist promote honey bee health?  Is it right for agrochemical corporations to receive EU assistance to develop ‘bee medicines’? 
  
  
• Bayer Crop Science make claims about how neonicotinoids work to kill termites – is there anything we can learn here about the potential danger of their neonicotinoid to bees? 
  
  

 

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