Apiology

The study of honeybees...

Quantifying the effects of pollen nutrition on honey bee queen egg laying with a new laboratory system

Here, we present a new system to monitor honey bee queen egg laying under laboratory conditions and report the results of experiments showing the effects of pollen nutrition on egg laying.

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What We Can (or Cannot) Learn from Multifloral Pollen Pellets

Pollen and its diversity, including the color of pollen pellets, have caught the attraction of bee keepers and researchers.

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U.S. HONEY INDUSTRY REPORT – 2017

United States honey production in 2017 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 148 million pounds, down nine percent from 2016. There were 2.67 million colonies producing honey in 2017, down four percent from 2016.

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This site provides discussion on beekeeping related topics and issues with many of the contributors having a scientific background.

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Predictive Markers of Honey Bee Colony Collapse

Across the Northern hemisphere, managed honey bee colonies, Apis mellifera, are currently affected by abrupt depopulation during winter and many factors are suspected to be involved, either alone or in combination.

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