Jonathan Powell talks to BCBKA about Free Living Bees
Free-Living Bees are far more common than we thought.
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Dr. Hannes Bonhoff
On The Domestication of the Honey Bee
Honey bees are currently assessed to be semi-domesticated. But do not be tempted to underestimate the ongoing process of domestication ...
Jonathan Powell
Bees Don't Make Honey - Teams Do
These thoughts were inspired by Prof. Gilbert’s talk to the Arboreal Apiculture Salon and, on the same day, a visit to the Blenheim Palace
Jovana Bila Dubaić et al.
Unprecedented Density and Persistence of Feral Honey Bees in an Urban Environment
We compiled a massive data-set derived from opportunistic citizen science (>1300 records) during the 2011–2017 period ...
Ingo Scholler
Log Hive Making with Matt Somerville
A few weeks ago, I was fortunate to get a place on Matt Somerville’s one day log hive course ...
Guy Thompson
Blenheim bees – A masterful and measured response
A masterful and measured response to some of the unsubstantiated claims in a recent media piece about free-living bees in Oxfordshire
Jonathan Powell
No one knew they existed - The bees of Blenheim Palace
The ‘ecotype’, thought to have been wiped out by disease and invasive species, is thriving in the estate’s ancient woodlands.
Anne Hutton
In Conversation with....Jonathan Powell
When Jonathan Powell humbly describes his love for bees, I think he means the kind of love which goes beyond the ordinary ...
Paul Honingmann
The Bees of Blenheim Place
Most of us have seen a few wild colonies, in roofs and the odd tree, but never so many at once, and not in such an extensive landscape.
Reese Halter
Hale, Hallowed Honeybees
O sweet thrumming sisters,
Dancing, flying, dousing, prospecting,
Cross-pollinating, nectaring and housekeeping.
Such an orderly selfless so
Michael Joshin Thiele
Protecting an Eldorado of Wild Apis Mellifera Conservation
Wilding Apis Mellifera in the USA
Honeybee Wild Lux
The Wild Honey Bees the Trees and the Woodpeckers
The bee colonies that can survive in the wild in today's environment are particularly valuable.
Honeybee Wild Lux
Die wild lebenden Honigbienen,die Bäumeund die Spechte
Die Bienenvölker, die in der heutigen Umwelt in freier Wildbahn überleben können, sind besonders wertvoll.
Jonathan Powell
Tree Beekeeping - A Cultural Heritage
In 2020 Unesco added tree beekeeping to the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2020. This beautiful...
Jonathan Powell
Delicate Threads
We are pleased to give an update on the free living honey bees project at Pertwood Organic Farm. The project was set up to provide more...
Hermann Hesse
Be still! Be still! Look at me! Life is not easy, life is not difficult.
Hermann Hesse (1877-1962) For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and...
Jonathan Powell
Propolis - A vital element of a healthy hive
Propolis creates an anti-microbial atmosphere that protects the bees from mould and pathogens.
Jonathan Powell
∞ Photos from inside a tree reveal intimate lives of wild honeybees
A wonderful article by Jason Bittel for National Geographic with stunning photographs by Ingo Arndt.
Sarah Perceval
The Bee Room
I opened a little window in a small bedroom, and a flurry of bees bounced around in the air just outside.
Mary Oliver
WHEN I AM AMONG THE TREES
When I am among the trees,
especially the willows and the honey locust,
equally the beech, the oaks and the pines,
they give off such hints