Second International forum for action on sustainable beekeeping and pollination
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
20 - 22 May 2025
Each honey bee has unique ways of dancing the waggle dance. Could the success of the waggle dance be related to this uniqueness? This study reveals the waggle is a diverse form of communication that helps improve finding food.
sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/…
Image: Emmanuel Boutet
Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
Saint Valentine is commonly known as the patron saint of love and romance.
However, many people are not aware that he is also the patron saint of bees...
www.apimondia.org/latest/saint...
Why the stereotypical cartoon beehive doesn’t look like a real beehive...
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On a warmer, sunnier day a little observation of entrances can give some reassurance.