Blog – bees, beekeeping & other sticky subjects
Welcoming world’s young beekeepers
Vita is a sponsor for the International Meeting of Young Beekeepers starting quite soon.
VitaFeed Nutri field trials
Vita’s new protein supplement has been found to increase honey production by up to 18%.
Sick bees explode across the landscape
A sick colony explodes into the landscape and infiltrates surrounding apiaries.
Spot the queenless colony
First inspection of the year. But one colony was queenless. Which one?
It was going to happen one day
I knew it was going to happen one day – and that day came last night after more than twenty years.
Turlough’s confession time
Vita’s blogger is rather ashamed at what he didn’t do to his observation hive last autumn. Here’s what has happened.
Buzzing at Bee Tradex
Top topics at Vita’s stand at Bee Tradex 2017 were the Bee Gym, the Asian hornet trap and new Healthy Bees Flip Cards.
Social Media Calendar Winners
Here are the ten Social Media winners of the limited edition Vita 2017 Calendar.
Following the Wild Bees
Richard Rickitt reviews Thomas Seeley’s fascinating new book about how to find feral honey bee colonies.
Born to beekeep
With a surname like Mielgo, is working with bees your destiny? Vita’s new technical manager is Paulo Mielgo.