Central Beekeepers Alliance

Kim Flottum Reports from US Beekeepers Conference

Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture magazine and regular columnist at The Daily Green, went to the American Beekeeping Federation’s annual meeting in Nevada last month and came back with an interesting report on the state of US beekeeping — both good news, and not so good. The good news is, and we’ve been collecting this [...]

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New Money for British Bee Research

The British Beekeepers Association fears that another 2 billion honey bee will be lost in that country this year, at a cost to the national economy of about £54 million. But there's also some good news for bees in Britain...

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Dennis vanEngelsdorp Video: Where have the bees gone?

In this video, Dennis van Englesdorp delivers a lively talk at the Taste 3 food and wine conference on honeybees, beekeeping, and colony collapse disorder. We only wish that all speakers were as entertaining!

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Honey Bees on CBC Radio

CBC radio has announced that the popular science program Quirks and Quarks, hosted by Bob Macdonald, will feature the collapse of the honeybee and the possibility of a crisis in our food supply as a result. Honey bees are the unsung heros of agriculture — their ceaseless hunt for nectar ensures our food crops are [...]

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Project Apis m. Funds Honey Bee Research

Project Apis m. (PAm) is a nonprofit organization established in December 2006 to fund and direct research aimed at improving both the health of honey bee colonies and crop production. Active parties include representatives of the American Honey Producers Association (APHA), the American Beekeeping Federation (ABF), the National Honey Board (NHB), California State Beekeepers [...]

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