Results: From the Bee Informed Team and Participating Beekeepers
Winter Loss Survey 2012 – 2013: Preliminary Results
Preliminary Results: Honey Bee Colony Losses in the United States, Winter 2012-2013 EMBARGOED UNTIL MAY 7th. May 1, 2013 Dennis vanEngelsdorp1*, Nathalie Steinhauer1, Karen Rennich1, Jeffery Pettis2, Eugene J. Lengerich3, David Tarpy4, Keith S. Delaplane5, Angela M. Spleen3, James T. … Continue reading
Winter Loss Survey 2011 -2012
A national survey of managed honey bee 2011-12 winter colony losses in the United States: results from the Bee Informed Partnership Published in the Journal of Apicultural Research, this survey in its sixth consecutive year, reports the winter 2011 – … Continue reading
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Winter Loss Survey 2011 – 2012: Preliminary Results
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Winter Loss Survey
This online survey is conducted each year to quantify the colony losses suffered by US beekeepers over the winter...
National Management Survey
This survey permits an objective comparison of beekeeping management practices...
APHIS US Honey Bee Pest and Disease Survey:
A national apiary sampling survey designed to look for exotic pests, parasites, diseases, and pesticides....
HoneyBeeNet: The Nectar Flow by Hive Scale Data and Satellite Imagery is a central location for the collection and sharing of nectar flow records by beekeepers and provides comparisons with satellite data....
The Bee Informed Blog
The blog is the place where team members convey their experience, knowledge, and opinions about their work with bees. Here is your opportunity to follow what's happening in the field and lab.
Bee Deaths in Minnesota
On May 7, a beekeeper in Minnesota noticed his bees were dying. I went to the beekeeper’s location a few days later and saw all the below symptoms and took samples for the beekeeper. There were bees on the ground with … Continue reading
“Bee” Movies
Bees truly are everywhere. Even in cinema you can find them. With the anticipation of the 2013 summer movies, I thought I would investigate movies with bees as a main character. I came across a few classics: The Deadly Bees … Continue reading
Moving On
Let me first start by saying the last three years have been a wonderful experience. I am so incredibly lucky to have spent them with some of the most amazing, ambitious, fun loving and dedicated individuals one could ever meet. … Continue reading
Solitary Bee Observation Hives
Jordan Arata is a mechanical engineering major at University of Maryland who worked on the native pollinator project in our lab. He is also a member of the beekeeping club on campus and started the UMD apiary on the North … Continue reading