Bee Craft Magazine

21/12/2023

If you are still looking here, you'll not be seeing much -- we've moved. All the action is now .

13/09/2023

Two familiar faces at historic Conwy Honey Fair.

20/07/2023

Here’s an interesting 19th-century honey test from Slovenia. Now, where did I put that beetle?

18/07/2023

Snow in summer? An unusual crop. But for bees . It’s chamomile.

25/05/2023

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05/05/2023

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03/04/2023

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31/03/2023

Few of us have weather good enough to be opening hives yet, but in the April issue our stateside friend Rusty Burlew has given nine tips about spotting queenless colonies.
Three of them don't require you to open a hive.
Here's one of them.

30/03/2023

Here's a trailer of a new film about Apis mellifera mellifera, the native bee in Scotland, specifically Colonsay. Made in association with the Scottish Native Honey Bee Society, the film is not yet released. Looks like a very good production.

Granite Town Film Project brings you NATIVES - an independent documentary which lifts the lid on Scotland’s native honey bee, Apis mellifera mellifera, that ...

30/03/2023

Here's a trailer of a new film about Apis mellifera mellifera, the native bee in Scotland, specifically Colonsay. Made in association with the Scottish Native Honey Bee Society, the film is not yet released. Looks like a very good production.

Granite Town Film Project brings you NATIVES - an independent documentary which lifts the lid on Scotland’s native honey bee, Apis mellifera mellifera, that ...

29/03/2023

The big bee migration to pollinate 80% of the world's almonds in California. Although the almond area is down this year, there still weren't enough bees. Beekeeper Dave Hackenburgh blames the bee shortage on bees being stressed by agrichemicals last summer. (See https://www.beeculture.com/bee-shortage-in-almond-bloom/)

Our April issue centrespread is a marvellous infographic of USA annual bee migration created by graphic artist Jinhang Zhou.