Central Beekeepers Alliance

Mobile Phones in Honeybee Hives Cause “Worker Piping”: Research Study

Over the past few years, a number of researchers have looked at the possible impact on honeybees of electromagnetic waves produced by human-made devices. One such study, published in Apidologie, Volume 42, Number 3 (May 2011), observes that active cellphones placed in bee hives cause the workers to pipe — to make the same sounds [...]

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US Farmers Plant to Feed Bees

Farmers in California and other states are turning over a percentage of crop land to wildflowers and shrubs that are attractive to bees. Improving bee habitat and nutrition, they hope, will boost the dwindling populations of native bees and help cut the costs of commercial pollination.

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New Commercial Beekeeping Course Unique in Canada

The first beekeeping vocational program in Canada for the education and training of commercial beekeepers will be offered at the Fairview campus of Grand Prairie Regional College (GPRC), Alberta, Canada. The college is now accepting applications for the program's January 2012 launch.

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Beekeepers are Worried: Dan Rather Reports

Concerned about the mystery honey bee deaths and Colony Collapse Disorder? Well, the situation is getting worse, according to a report by Dan Rather. US beekeepers are now losing an average of 30-50% of their hives each year, and systemic pesticides may be putting the food chain at risk.

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Honey Laundering: Toxic Chinese Honey is Sold in US Stores

Yet another reason to buy your honey straight from local beekeepers or to keep your own honey bees -- a new investigative report from Food Safety News warns that tainted Chinese honey is still being sold in US stores.

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