by Alec | May 8, 2020 | France, Fun Facts
Starting in around 2011, new technology began to pop up on beekeeping forums worldwide. A new startup, called Arnia, a UK based beekeeping company, was making waves by claiming that they could monitor hive health using acoustics. This was not a new phenomenon, similar...
by Alec | May 1, 2020 | France, Fun Facts
Honeybees are not native to North and South America. They are an imported species, brought over the centuries by European colonizers to provide honey and crop pollination. As such, they are considered an invasive species in the Americas, as they contend with native...
by Alec | Apr 17, 2020 | France, Fun Facts
This may seem like a joke, but beehive theft and black market bees are on the rise as crops like almonds grow in demand. At the same time, bee colonies are contracting in growth due to Colony Collapse Disorder. And these are proper heists as well, not crimes of...
by Alec | Apr 3, 2020 | France, Fun Facts
Continuing from last week, we are taking a look at Varroa Mites and Deformed Wing Virus, or DWF. Both of these diseases are very common in beehives across the globe with Varroa mites carrying DWF and infecting weakened bees with the virus. It is similar to how ticks...
by Alec | Mar 27, 2020 | France, Fun Facts
This is a two-part series looking into common diseases that honey bees and their hives may acquire. Infection rates have been steadily increasing over the years as hive rentals place colonies near each other, facilitating the transfer of what would have previously...
by Alec | Mar 20, 2020 | France, Fun Facts
So Bumblebees are some of the only other species of bee that form colonies, the other being bees in the Apis, or honeybee, family. However, bumblebee colonies are much smaller, usually, around 50 members per colony, as opposed to the tens-hundreds of thousands a honey...
