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Honeybee drone ballet
The beauty and grace of male honeybees in slow motion
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A right royal panic
When a queen goes missing
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Vita foulbrood diagnostic kits shortage
Why foulbrood kits are in short supply
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Willing but perhaps not able
The queen that’s trying very hard – but without success (yet)
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Happy World Bee Day, says a worker to her sisters
A worker tells her sisters to get on with the day through the shaking signal (video).
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The observation hive is (re-)loaded
Installing honeybees in an observation hive
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Italian beekeepers benefit from a new bee health partnership
Vita Bee Health has a new and prestigious distributor, Chemicals Laif in Italy.
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If a product has a 96% efficacy rate in killing varroa, what does that really mean?
Efficacy rates and infestation rates – what do the terms really mean?
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2024 Vita calendar winners
The overall winner of this year’s Vita Bee Health international photographic competition is Susan Kimber. She wins Є100 and the two runners up, each winning Є50, are Grace Madden and 宋俞瑩 牧野工坊.
The 2024 month-by-month line up is:
January Grace Madden
February Sue Howe
March Claudia Gannon
April Keith Pownall
May Ann Chilcott
June Karen Jeffries
July Wendy Noblet
August Susan Kimber
September 宋俞瑩 牧野工坊
October Sue Howe
November Bryan Nellist
December Vincent Hakizimana
Sebastian Owen, commercial director of Vita Bee Health, said, “As ever, we thoroughly enjoyed looking at the superb entries and were then challenged picking winners. The winning photograph by Susan Kimber beautifully encapsulates the honey bee and its work. Congratulations also to Grace Madden and 宋俞瑩 牧野工坊 who have captured apiaries in different parts of the world – England and Taiwan.
“We warmly thank everyone who entered and the judging panel. Please feel free to download the pdf of the calendar.”
Winners will shortly be receiving the beautifully printed limited-edition desk calendars.
High-resolution pdf 2024 Vita Bee Health calendar
The winning image by Susan Kimber:
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Foulbrood diagnostic kits now available in the USA
AFB and EB diagnostic test kits now available to groups of American beekeepers and others.
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Vespa velutina has jumped the Atlantic
Vespa velutina (yellow-legged hornet) has been seen for the first time in the USA
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Vita Bee Health’s 2023 photo competition – the round dozen!
Entries for the 2023 Vita Bee Health photo competition now being accepted