Beekeeping News
A curated selection of worldwide feeds related around the topic of beekeeping and honeybees.
By: Maggie Gill This article was originally was previously published in BBKA News In February 2026, I will return to Thailand to continue my research into Tropilaelaps. This trip will take place almost exactly three years after my first visit to the country, and my first direct encounter with Tropil…
ARS researchers are looking to help U.S. beekeepers better detect and treat their honey bee populations. Honey bees are important pollinators in agriculture. With an estimated 50-80% of crops pollinated by honey bees, they generate approximately $20 billion annually in market value in the United Sta…
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Stephen Bishop A long time ago, the Spartan king Menelaus married the most beautiful woman in all the land, Helen. She was the envy of everyone’s eye (especially those one-eye…
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! An Annual Event By: James E. Tew Over and again Oh, no! Not swarming – not again. How many times have you read articles or listened to presentations on the subject of swarming? [&…
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: Theresa J. Martin I am a solo beekeeper by choice. Though I regularly assist other beekeepers, and they offer to return the favor, I prefer beekeeping alone. I enjoy the solit…
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! By: David Burns Most beekeepers, during their first few years, (myself included) seem to inspect their bees in a predictable way. We inspect our bees by focusing on individual par…
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! For the Love of Bees By: Becky Masterman Beekeepers keep a threat list based on beekeeping experiences. The longer you have been a beekeeper, the lengthier your list of beekeeping…
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Matt Mulica, Honey Bee Health Coalition For at least 3,000 years, humans have taken on the responsibility of ensuring honey bees have adequate food in exchange for honey and polli…
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Your Honey’s Secrets By: Jay Evans, USDA Beltsville Bee Lab Last month, I discussed DNA fingerprints left behind by bees and their associates as they crawl over hive surface…
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! The Rights of People and Bees By: Ross Conrad In the latest red flag that should cause even the most earnest pesticide advocate to seriously question and reject the current U.S. r…
Click Here if you listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! New(ish) Beekeeper Column Vertical Splits, The Demaree Method By: Richard Wahl Intro When I began working with bees as a result of a swarm catch in 2010 I never imagined that I wo…
Click Here if you watched/listened. We’d love to know what you think. There is even a spot for feedback! Read along below! Bee Birthdays? By: Tracy Farone Happy Spring – Happy Birthday! Every year in March, I turn another year older. For those of us that have had more than a few, we may not [&…
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today introduced the Trade Cheating Restitution Act of 2025, legislation that would support American honey producers and producers of other commodities, like crawfish, garlic, and mushrooms, who have been harmed by unfair trade pra…
Four major North American beekeeping organizations released the first-ever North American Bee Strategy (https://honeybeehealthcoalition.org/NABS/) this week, a coordinated, continent-wide plan to protect honey bees, strengthen the viability of professional beekeeping, and safeguard food security acr…
The Beekeepers of Indiana (TBoI) is pleased to offer a scholarship opportunity to provide tuition assistance to a junior or senior enrolled in an accredited U.S.-based undergraduate degree program that is preparing the candidate to pursue a career in apiculture. Candidate must have kept honey bees f…
Samantha Murray, education and garden coordinator of the UC Davis Bee Haven and a bee specialist, has just received a grant from the El Dorado Beekeepers (EDB) to support her research on how nutritional supplements affect honey bee health and colony performance. Jim Guilliams, president of EDB, and …
On October 17, 2025, the yellow-legged hornet, Vespa velutina, was discovered in Auckland, the capital of New Zealand, with five confirmed detections to date. Two small nests were discovered about one mile apart, suggesting that the hornet is established with other nests still to be found. It is bel…
During routine inspections of traps for Vespa velutina (Asian, or yellow-legged hornet) in northern Spain, Vespa soror, the southern giant hornet, was found in 2022 and 2023. The southern giant hornet inhabits the warmer regions of Asia, including north-eastern India, northern Myanmar, northern Thai…
— December 2, 2025 Four major North American beekeeping organizations released the first-ever North American Bee Strategy this week, a coordinated, continent-wide plan to protect honey bees, strengthen the viability of professional beekeeping, and safeguard food security across the United States and…
The mysterious population decline of the imperiled Franklin’s bumble bee, which once flourished in a small area of northern California and southern Oregon, is not due to pathogens, but most likely to population bottlenecks and environmental issues, such as fire and drought stressors, according to ne…
September 2025 update Since its detection near Newcastle, New South Wales in 2022, Varroa destructor has extended its geographic range in spite of strong quarantine and movement restrictions on hives. At the beginning of September 2025, the mite was detected in an almond plantation in the Riverland …
“Bee Club,” a novel by bee journalist Mea McNeil, has been awarded a gold medal at the 2025 Apimondia World Beekeeping Awards. The presentation ceremony was a highlight of the Apimondia International Apicultural Congress in Copenhagen. Entries came from countries around the globe, celebrating “innov…
Hundreds of churchgoers fled after coming under attack by a swarm of bees during a procession. Footage taken by a witness of the phenomenon shows attendants of the ceremony running down a street to get away from the thousands of insects at the parish church in Dagua, a town in the Department of Vall…
A Tennessee-based beekeeper has underlined the importance of watching what the bees are doing. Carmen Joyce, who runs the Nooga Honey Pot apiary in Chattanooga, argued: “Every time I look out of my kitchen window, I am doing a ‘mini hive inspection.’ Being so close to bees is truly…
The situation of endangered species could become even more precarious in Austria as industry representatives want lawmakers to act in favour of the challenged construction industry. Economy Chamber (WKO) President Harald Mahrer claimed the country’s coalition government consisting of the Peopl…
A renowned scientist has deplored an “incredible” loss of pollinator habitats all over Austria. The situation of native bees is getting increasingly precarious in different parts of the world due to the excessive application of insecticides and the effects of climate change. Austria is n…
Scientists in Brazil are convinced their study of the beneficial capacities of green propolis could pave the way for various research projects focusing on the treatment of cancer. Because of its alleged anti-inflammatory activity, propolis is a crucial factor of traditional medicine and alternative …
A scientific survey suggesting that insects do feel pain has drawn mixed reactions from experts. Researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) examined the behaviour of 82 buff-tailed bumblebees (Bombus terrestris) to settle the issue, which has been discussed for decades. They touched the a…