La mauvaise réputation L’utilisation de l’abeille noire par les apiculteurs a fortement reculé car elle a la réputation d’être agressive et de produire peu de miel. L’abeille noire n’est certes pas une abeille docile. Pour certains, cette capacité à se défendre, cette réactivité au stress, est même un avantage car…
Colonsay a honey bee haven
TWO remote Hebridean islands have become the UK’s first reserve for native honey bees after a landmark ruling by Scottish ministers.
East Midlands Bee Improvement Group-NG11
The aim of the BIBBA East Midlands Bee Improvement Group is to breed near native Apis mellifera mellifera (Amm) queens of the best local genetic stock.
John Harding Queen Rearing
The main purpose of this systemis its versatility and to have an additional use so you always double its value in purpose, and it’s not lying around for the best part of the year unused. Given the choice honeybees prefer vertical narrow empty spaces with unlimited depth, and just enough space to build 5 or6 combs side by side…
Male Fitness of Honeybee Colonies
We found clear evidence for an extensive diversity in
male mating success at the colony level. Some colonies
had significantly more matings (about an order of
magnitude) than other drone producing colonies in the
same year.