A very old catalog - May 1898 - from Root Bee Keepers Supplies. Still interesting after one century :-)

We aim to gain more knowledge for ensuring sustainable beekeeping and adequate pollination services.

The beekeeper will provide colonies with the following minimum standards:A laying queen with frames of adult bees and frames of brood.

In December 2013, the European Commission restricted the use of 3 highly bee-toxic neonicotinoid insecticides, namely imidacloprid, clothianidin and thiamethoxam

This White Paper recognizes how complicated the food supply chain is and how difficult it can be for stakeholders to see the big picture.

Factors associated with agricultural intensification, for example, loss of seminatural vegetation and pesticide use has been shown to adversely affect the bee community. These factors may impact the bee community differently at different landscape scales.

In the long line of Apimondia Congresses (over a century of rich exchanges), Daejeon will be remembered as a great event, the one that answered the scientific and beekeeping world’s expectations of a strong International Federation.

The Panel has interpreted the Terms of Reference as a stepwise analysis of issues relevant to both the development and the evaluation of models to assess ecological effects of pesticides. The regulatory model should be selected or developed to address the relevant specific protection goal.

Asian hornets (Vespa velutina) are voracious predators of bees, and are the latest emerging threat to managed and wild pollinator populations in Europe. To prevent establishment or reduce the rate of spread of V. velutina, early detection and destruction of nests is considered the only option.