Using Apiary Book Reports you can inform nearby beekeepers about problems/incidents affecting bee colonies health like Asian giant hornet, now spotted in USA. “Sightings of the Asian giant hornet have prompted fears that the vicious insect could establish itself in the United States and devastate bee populations.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/02/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap
Happy Earth Day! Today we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Earth Day and one of the most important species on our planet: the bees. Beekeepers are the first line of defense in protecting bees all over the world. Apiary Book’s mission today more than ever is about providing you with the necessary tools to overcome…
Calling to back Australian beekeepers and honey bees. https://www.ruralaid.org.au/donate/?supporter_id=14254 We need to support honey bees, and the beekeepers who care for them. Please help safeguard one of the most important industries in Australian agriculture – Australian apiculture.
“The Asian giant hornet, a 2-inch menace that feasts on honeybees, has invaded Washington state. It might’ve migrated from Canada, where a colony was discovered nesting in the ground.” https://edition.cnn.com/2019/12/23/us/asian-giant-hornet-washington-state-scn-trnd/index.html Use Apiary Book Reports to report quickly and easily possible sightings of the invasive species. The reports are sent to Apiary Report, a platform designed to record…
Happy New Year from Apiary Book! Thank you for a great 2019, for helping us build this community and for taking such good care of your bees!
At Apiary Book we see beekeepers as the first line of defense in the mission to protect our planet’s bees. Beekeepers are passionate persons who love honeybees, nature and the community. While working in an apiary can be an incredibly fulfilling calling, beekeeping also involves responsibility. A beekeeper must be well informed and able to…
IT’S APIARY BOOK’S 4TH BIRTHDAY On 24th of September 2015 the first version of Apiary Book was released on Google Play. It’s been a wonderful journey so far. When I started this project, I wanted to build something that can help beekeepers in their daily activities. And I wanted to give something back to the…
“Honey bees preferentially consume freshly-stored pollen. The freshly-formed composite of pollen, nectar, and oral secretions is briefly more attractive than older stored pollen. Older stored pollen sources are only likely to be fully consumed once freshly-stored pollen sources are largely exhausted.” https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5400263
One of our objective is to help beekeepers to reduce bee colony losses, we strongly believe this can be achieved by applying best beekeeping practices, analyzing historical data and facilitating communication between all stakeholders involved. Read the following article, it is about decline of bee population numbers, pesticides impact on bee health, climate change. https://www.eitfood.eu/blog/post/searching-for-a-plan-bee-the-importance-of-bees-to-a-safe-food-supply
“The bees have been declared the most important living beings on this planet, the Earthwatch Institute concluded in the last meeting of the Royal Geographical Society of London. However, according to wildlife experts and scientists, the bees have joined the endangered species long list.” https://www.sciencetimes.com/articles/23245/20190709/bees-are-the-most-important-living-being-on-earth.htm
