Tag Archives: climate change

ONBG meeting, March 2023 – new year, new lessons

Posted on March 9, 2023 by Paul

Twenty people convened at Gilliane’s to share thoughts on bees, and rather a lot of food. A recurring theme was winter mortality and factors affecting this: weather, hive design and climate change. Greeting and eating Food is a marvellous social … Continue reading →

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We are what we eat and that applies to Bees too.

Posted on June 4, 2013 by itsonlyausername

As our Harry has said on numerous occasions ‘We are what we eat.’ It applies across the board with all lifeforms. In the US Honeybees have been suffering horribly from CCD and a load of other conditions, not least stress … Continue reading →

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Zombie flies and why we are lucky to live in the UK

Posted on September 5, 2012 by itsonlyausername

A friend in Washington State, USA sent me a link to an article relating to zombie flies. Actually the flies are decapitating flies because that is apparently what they do to honeybees. However we are seeing an unprecedented rise in invasive … Continue reading →

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