Our recent study on landscape-scale coordinated Varroa control suggest there are benefits for colony health. I know it makes sense, but how many actually do it?

https://theapiarist.org/coordinated-varroa-control/

#beekeeping #bees #beehealth

Growing 80 percent of the globe’s almonds in California doesn’t just require massive amounts of water. It also takes a whole bunch of honeybees for pollination—roughly two hives’ worth for every acre of almonds trees, around 1.7 million hives altogether. That’s something like 85 percent of all available commercial hives in the United State

#Almonds #Food #Bees #BeeHealth

No money in #Honey and more . . .
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2015/05/almonds-now-require-85-percent-us-beehives/

RT @EIPAGRI_SP: 💬 "Beekeepers are like bees. If they are together, they can work better" 🐝
Beekeeper Michele Valleri explains how #OperationalGroup from #Italy uses network of sensors to monitor #beehealth.
📽️Watch the #EIPagri video: https://ow.ly/HNhs50JcOqc

#WorldBeeDay #AGRIchallenge

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EUAgri/status/1527586736011939840

RT @BUrl_EFSA: Presenting the work of @EFSA_EU in the areas of #AnimalWelfare, #BeeHealth, #AnimalTransport, #ASF #AntimicrobialResistance and #OneHealth at today's exchange of views with @EP_Agriculture

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1526550890005536770

This is a promising scientific work that paves the way for new methodologies that assess long term effects on #bees and consider other stressors than pesticides.
#BeeHealth

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1516764454972702727

It is important to fill all knowledge gaps: lack of data on toxicokinetic and toxicity of HMF in #bees, refinement of consumption data. A concentration of HMF of no health concern for bees should be established in bee feed
#BeeHealth

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1516764453152436225

Studies suggest that high levels of HMF in feed for #HoneyBees can be lethal for bees. Our experts identified a health concern for #bees that are exposed over several months to HMF contaminated feed
➡️https://bit.ly/3L03DBv
#BeeHealth

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1516764449591468034

But what is HMF? It is a compound naturally formed by the degradation of simple sugars, especially fructose. It occurs in #food and feed containing carbohydrates, e.g. in sugars used to feed #HoneyBees in winter
https://bit.ly/3L03DBv
#BeeHealth

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1516764442305904641

Our scientists have evaluated the risks to #HoneyBee health related to the presence of hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) in #feed
➡️https://bit.ly/3EtpFtM
#BeeHealth

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/EFSA_EU/status/1516764438665252868