#honeybees — Public Fediverse posts

‘He makes all things new’: 400 queen bees saved as Vidalia business rebuilds after fire https://www.byteseu.com/2355619/ #Bees #business #Community #Fire #HoneyBees #StructureFire #ToombsCounty #Vidalia #VidaliaApiculturalServicesAndBeeCompany #wtoc #WTOCNews

Honey bees really like the bok choy flowers. They actually smell like a nice honey too.

#bees #HoneyBees #pollinators #BokChoy #FlowerWithBee #BloomScrollingWithBee #June11 #flowers

Women Work to Save #NativeBees of #Mexico

A happy story about #bees, #BeeConservation, and empowering women in Mexico.

Mar 5, 2014

Excerpt: "Spaniards introduced European #honeybees to Central America around 1620, and they are now well established. European honey bees (and their Africanized form) do compete with gentle #NativeBee species for pollen and nectar on flowers. #MeliponaBeecheii is a #ForestBee, so if they could find flowering trees and shrubs, competition with honey bees might not be a problem. Alas, #Yucatan is heavily logged.

"The Yucatan peninsula sits right in the path of a lot of big storms; quite a few hurricanes, floods, and droughts have caused beekeepers to lose all or most of their hives. Native stingless bees are quite sensitive to #pesticides, so that isn't helping either."

Learn more:
https://www.wired.com/2014/03/women-work-save-native-bees-mexico/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/C5qzc

Link to video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4c4v1E2mRhw

#WorldBeeDay #SaveTheBees #EmpoweringWomen #YucatanBees #IndigenousWomen

Several things I learned since buying a house with a holly tree in the backyard:

-They grow large enough to become genuine trees.

-The leaves are smooth, it isn't until they're damaged that the leaves grow back in the traditional spiky form as a defensive measure.

-They blossom in spring, they smell absolutely fucking amazing and bees can't get enough of them.

-They spread like wildfire. 😅

#beebutt #holly #bees #nature #hulst #blossom #honeybees #pollinators #backyard #bijen #spring #lente

Fascinating – and alarming 🐝:

“The Bee That Everyone Wants To Save”, ‘The Naturalist’ (https://naturalist.bearblog.dev/the-bee-that-everyone-wants-to-save/).

Via HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47520599

#Bees #HoneyBees #BumbleBees #Insects #Environment #Pollination #BeeKeeping #BeeHives #BeesColonies #Flora

Importing queen bees won’t solve Canada’s beekeeping problems
#Canada #Environment #Beekeeping #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #Pollution #Biodiversity #Sustainability #Farming #BeeColonies #Ecosystem #HoneyBees #FoodSystem #AirPollution #QueenBees #Beehive
https://the-14.com/importing-queen-bees-wont-solve-canadas-beekeeping-problems/

National Urban Beekeeping Day.

#urbanbeekeeping #beekeeping #bees #savethebees #honeybees #beekeeper #bee #honey #backyardbeekeeping #beekeepersofinstagram #beesofinstagram #beehive #honeybee #beekeepers #beekeeperslife #apiary #beekeepinglife #apiculture #pollinators #beekeeperlife #lovebees #honeycomb #beeswax #beehives #imkerei #urbanbeekeeper #nature #hive #queenbee #naturalbeekeeping

https://itsmostamazingindia.wordpress.com/2025/07/19/national-urban-beekeeping-day/

The bees have mostly yellow pollen, and some bright orange and a mix of dirty colors but not a lot of that. The first drone bee spotted coming out of the West hive. A drone and a very light colored bee at the Center hive which has more darker bees. It really stands out.

#beekeeping #bees #HoneyBees #apiary #BeeYard #BeeHives #April10

#Italy: Wasp altered by #ClimateChange destroying #beehives

#VespaOrientalis has wrecked 40,000 beehives in three regions

"An Italian wasp which has turned into a more aggressive alien species due to climate change is wreaking havoc among Italian beehives, green farming officials told ANSA Tuesday.

"The Vespa Orientalis hornet has become just the latest of threats to bees, whose declining numbers are jeopardising agriculture worldwide, said Laura Bortolotti, lead researcher of the Crea AA - Agriculture Environment think tank.

"The hornet has recently destroyed some 40,000 beehives in #Lazio, #Campania and #Molise officials said.

"'Despite being a native species in Italy, the Vespa Orientalis is behaving as if it were an alien species; its behavior towards bees has changed in a few years, becoming increasingly #aggressive, also due to climate change which, in some way, has altered the environmental balance', Bortolotti told ANSA.

"Vespa Orientalis is also an increasing threat to public health in urban areas, they said."

Source:
https://www.ansa.it/english/news/2025/01/14/wasp-made-alien-by-climate-change-destroying-beehives_f7ea8991-9ca1-4c54-9cc6-e436909ec6c8.html
#Ecosystems #Europe #ClimateCrisis #Honeybees

The Maximilian sunflowers are exploding at Troon Vineyard, and the honey bees love it! You can hear the buzzing of thousands of happy bees! #honeybees #sunflower #biodynamicwine #biodynamic #biodynamicfarming #regenerativeagriculture

One of the folks from my gym has done something really cool. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/protectabee-honeybee-hive-entrance-silver-medal-protect-bees-1.6999000 @waterlooregion #bees #honey #BeeHives #Apiarists #HoneyBees #apiary #Solarpunk