Mar 25, 2024 | Beekeeping
WBKA is part of the UK-wide effort to track and resist the spread of the Asian Hornet, an invasive species which threatens to devastate the UK population of honey bees and other pollinators. A major predator of honeybees, the hornet is also known to eat many other...Feb 25, 2024 | Beekeeping
Recent research can now explain how a small number of beekeepers managed to keep bees after stopping Varroa treatment 10 or more years ago. Combining the experience of these beekeepers with the latest research will allow many more beekeepers to manage their bees...Mar 30, 2023 | Beekeeping
In the April 2023 BBKA News, Andrew Durham from Cambridgeshire BKA reviews the current situation regarding Asian hornets in France and concludes that… “When and wherever the Asian hornet gets a foothold over here, it will happen quicker than you think, and it is going...Dec 15, 2020 | Beekeeping
Newly discovered strategy in Asian bees repels killer hornets that can massacre whole hives https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/dec/09/honey-bees-use-animal-poo-to-repel-giant-hornet-attacks Read the research article here:...Nov 21, 2020 | Beekeeping, News
There are around 16,000 species of bees worldwide, and we know almost nothing about 96% of them. Researchers in Singapore and China have recently completed a global map of bee species, which they hope will help further research and support conservation efforts....
