The Beekeepers Quarterly

10/04/2025

This quarter, learn what Jamie Ellis and USDA have to say about losses in the USA. Are we looking at CCD 2.0?

We follow the bee conservation story from South Africa, to Ireland and the meeting in Stavanger. Scandinavia 2025 comes to Denmark in September - so we take a snapshot of beekeeping in the host countries of Denmark, Norway and Sweden - and meet a beekeeper who keeps his bees in the Arctic circle.

And, of course, much more besides...

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10/04/2025

THE HONEY BEE SOLUTION TO VARROA by Steve Riley

"challenges the conventional approach to managing varroa mites in tiny bee colonies by using chemical treatments."

"accessible and useful for both novice and experienced beekeepers."

"filling a significant gap in the discussion of varroa, management in both hobbyist and commercial settings."

Marin Anatasov Master Beekeeper, NDB
The Beekeepers Quarterly September 2024

"This remarkable book presents a practical, chemical-treatment-free, solution to the Varroa problem. The author explains that in colonies that are survi...

10/04/2025

Calling Scottish beekeepers to complete the 2024 honey survey which closes soon...

🐝🍯 Calling All Scottish Hobby Beekeepers 🐝🍯

Help us gather vital insights into the 2024 Scottish honey harvest!

We are running a survey to better understand honey prices & yields across the hobbyist beekeeping sector. If you harvested and/or sold honey from hives in Scotland in 2024, we’d love to hear from you!

🔗 Take the survey here:

https://forms.office.com/e/20Jt3fkXRy

📅 Deadline: Sunday, 13th April

Your input will help shape valuable data, which we’ll share:
✅ Online & via email
✅ In the Scottish Beekeeper mag
✅ With the Scottish Government’s Rural & Environment Science & Analytical Services (RESAS)

Thank you for your support!

09/04/2025

The Beekeepers Quarterly Editor and COLOSS Association board member urges all beekeepers to complete this survey.

09/04/2025

Looking for a read on bees that takes you further? This is what's in The Beekeepers Quarterly this March.

Independent publishing from Northern Bee Books

09/04/2025

Beekeepers Quarterly editor Andrea Quigley says this was her first beekeeping book as author Sheila Berrett had her bee farm and teaching apiary nearby.

A comprehensive guide to bees and beekeeping, starting with the novice and ending with the semi-expert! It tells you all you need to know about taking up bee...

09/04/2025

We enjoyed meeting some our readers, meeting friends new and old, and many beekeepers at this year's BBKA - The British Beekeepers Association Spring Convention

09/04/2025

Enjoy photography and love bees?

One week left to enter the UN FAO World Bee Day 2025 Photo Contest.
Capture a photo that embodies the theme: "Bee Inspired by Nature to Nourish Us All"

Submission deadline: 14 April 2025
Winners announced on World Bee Day 20th May 2025

https://www.fao.org/pollination/activities/photo-contest-wbd25/en

08/04/2025

Dr. Dewey Caron shares expert insight on honey bee communication in this BTP Short episode. Tune in for quick insights honey bee communication!

08/04/2025

The Ancient Bond Between Bees & Humanity: A Journey Through Time Did you know that bees have been essential to human civilization for over 4,000 years? In ou...

03/04/2025

See you on Saturday next to the National Bee Unit stand in the student union building!

BBKA Spring Convention on the day entry wristband tickets, £6 'Trade Show only' tickets and places on workshops and seminars that are not already full, will be available at the event.
We look forward to seeing you soon!

06/02/2025

Tropilaelaps is in Europe... just?

In our last two issues (September and December 2024) we have been tracking its progress. Here Mustafa Muz of Namik Kemal University, Türkiye shares his understanding.

"This issue may threaten European beekeeping, making it crucial to
urgently mobilize our expertise and cooperation.

The beekeepers in Russia’s Krasnodar and Rostov regions reported weak honey bee colony development and spotty brood patterns in the summer of 2021. Initial observations showed young workers dying with elongated proboscises during emergence, and round holes in sealed worker brood cells near emergence (Brandorf et al, 2024).

The data clearly indicates that Tropilaelaps mercedesae has been affecting honey bee colonies in south east Europe since at least 2021. This infestation"...

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31/01/2025

Regular correspondent and Beekeeping Today podcaster Jeff Ott featured the habitat crisis in issue 158 of the Beekeepers Quarterly.

Here's a short extract
"As beekeepers, we are acutely aware of the challenges that honey bees face in our rapidly changing world. However, the pressing issue of habitat loss and its impact on honey bee nutrition and health is perhaps one of the most significant, yet under-discussed, factors contributing to declining bee populations and reduced
honey yields.

In October 2024, the Beekeeping Today Podcast aired a four-part
series exploring this crisis in depth, featuring leading experts like Dr.
Gabriela Quinlan, Dr. Andony Melathopoulos, Dr. Diana Cox-
Foster, and representatives from the Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund.

These discussions laid bare the stark reality of the habitat crisis while offering hope through actionable solutions that beekeepers, landowners, and policymakers can
implement to help our bees—and other pollinators—thrive."

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24/01/2025

With just one week to the submission deadline, what will the next issue bring?