The Beekeepers Quarterly

02/11/2025

Read our book review and special article from Maggie PHIRA-Science, Alex and Irakli in the December issue

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The First-Ever Book on Tropilaelaps MiteTropilaelaps mites have now been detected in Ukraine, Georgia, and southern Russia, and are suspected in Iran and Tur...

01/11/2025

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01/11/2025

Chemical Contaminants in Cerumen Samples from Ecuadorian Stingless Bees: Reporting Glyphosate, Aminomethylphosphonic Acid, and the Presence of Metals and Metalloids

MDPI: Insects 👉https://HymR.short.gy/cBCi6B

Figure A1. (A) Melipona grandis; (B) Nanotrigona sp.; (C) Scaptotrigona sp.; (D) Tetragonisca angustula. Fundación Yachana. Napo, Ecuador. Author: Alfonso Jiménez.

31/10/2025

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31/10/2025

The hornets were found within a 2km area from where another queen – in the early stages of building a nest – was discovered on Auckland's North Shore on October 17.

29/10/2025

Read our review in the December edition of The Beekeepers Quarterly ...

Norman Carrick, one of the joint editors of The Beekeepers Quarterly introduces a new book produced by COLOSS: 'Sustainable Honey Bee Breeding: A Scientific ...

28/10/2025

26/10/2025

Humberto Bonchristiani, US honey bee scientist and virologist, interviewed by The Beekeepers Quarterly editor Norman Carreck of Carreck Consultancy Ltd and COLOSS Association board member at The National Honey Show 2025.

Talk about Honey Bee Health and Humberto's upcoming lectures

25/10/2025

Biosecurity New Zealand is urging Aucklanders to be on the lookout for yellow-legged hornets (Vespa velutina) following the discovery of a queen hornet in the early stages of building a nest in the suburb of Glenfield. The nest was removed swiftly by biosecurity officers on 17 October, addressing th...

25/10/2025