Bees over-wintering are mostly confined to their hives and this crowding together with the extended life of workers provides conditions for the build up of nosema spores in the abdomen. Find out more about Nosema on Beebase. We are running a nosema testing workshop on Saturday, April 9th starting at 9.30 and closing at about 3.00 pm. This … Continue reading Nosema testing April 9th 2011
Bee Health
Government asked to investigate insecticide impact
The Environment Secretary, Caroline Spelman, will have to answer a question in the Commons from the former Home Office minister David Hanson about whether the Government will investigate if the effect of neonicotinoids on the grooming behaviour of bees is similar to its effect on termites. Full report in the Independent
Early Day Motion 1267 – email from Stephen Crabb MP
Martin Caton, MP for The Gower is the Primary Sponsor for the Early Day Motion 1267 IMPACT OF NEONICOTINOID PESTICIDES ON BEES AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES 13.01.2011. I emailed Stephen Crabb MP about this asking for his support for this. I am pleased to share his reponse which read: "Dear John, Thank you for your email of 22nd January regarding … Continue reading Early Day Motion 1267 – email from Stephen Crabb MP
Who Killed the Honey Bee?
The 58 minute video originally shown on BBC4 is available to view online at the Internet Archive website. Suitable only for those with a broadband connection.
National Bee Unit Update No. 8
This is a link to the recently updated Managing Varroa leaflet as well as the new Small Hive Beetle which contains a few small amendments. It is the NBU's intention to have a limited number of hard copies available before April. If, and when, these do become available a note will be added to the … Continue reading National Bee Unit Update No. 8
