Good Dutch bee news

This video from England says about itself:

15 December 2014

A lecture given by Jamie Ellis at the 2014 National Honey Show entitled “Biology of the Honey Bee“.

Translated from Wageningen university in the Netherlands:

Monday, April 13th, 2015

Again, Dutch beekeepers have lost last winter on average comparatively few bee colonies: about 10%. This means that winter mortality, measured in early April, now for three years in a row has been around 10% (respectively 13%, 9% and 10% in 2013, 2014 and 2015). This is the outcome of a telephone survey of beekeepers carried out on 2 April by the Dutch Beekeepers Association (NBV) and bee researchers from Wageningen university.

Winter mortality among bee colonies has for years been alarmingly high. There were winters that one out of four colonies did not survives. Fortunately, the most recent winters shows that the mortality rate is lower now.

Related articles

• Honeybees at risk from climate change
• Honey bees use multiple genetic pathways to fight infections
• An Irishman’s Diary: The waggle dance of the honey bee
• Pesticides not the sole culprit in honey bee colony declines
• Salisbury plans to sooth the sting for beekeepers
• Increasing forage vital for honey bee health
• Stop bee-killing pesticides in the Netherlands, petition
• Bayer corporation censors honeybee science
• Bees Have One More Big Ag Problem: Fungicides
• Buzz Off, Monsanto