#Apiculture has so much potential and provides so many #business opportunities - check out the business ideas of the local #SAMS teams in #Ethiopia and #Indonesia and related reports - sams-project.eu/sams-business-…

very easy and effective for #bees, good #beekeeping practice & management - the SAMS - Smart Apiculture Management Services Horizon 2020 #H2020 10 Rules for #Honeybee #Management

47th #APIMONDIA CONGRESS IS POSTPONED UNTIL 2022. We remain committed to a great 47th Apimondia Congress in Ufa in 2022: “Let’s bee in the heart of Eurasia”. New dates will be announced soon!

FREE #WEBINAR How to make money from beeswax Join Bees for Development and a panel of beeswax traders in the UK and Africa to share expert, insider perspectives. Wednesday, 3 February 14:00 – 15:00 GMT. Sign up here: link.beesfd.org/webinar

No Coffee, Fruits, Honey, Flu Vaccines: How Declining Insect Population Can Change Your Life flip.it/oMElhE

Dates for the calendar: the BBKA first online Spring Convention on 16-18 April. Keep an eye on how to register and the programme: ow.ly/5zLu50Dr8B8

Last year a team of Adelaide, Australia–based researchers identified the first known Australian bees that collect nectar and pollen at twilight. bit.ly/3tzhjLi

As homesteading and urban agriculture gain popularity, beekeeping has also become an intriguing hobby—and perhaps an intimidating one. Treehugger.com look at some of the best online beekeeping classes. Know of others? Add them in the comments below 👇 bit.ly/36YR5bk

We will be announcing our well received #beekeeping course soon - a mixture of real life practical in our training apiaries with Api:Cultural and on line theory.... watch this space Treehugger.com Apimondia

Bee theft is almost a perfect crime—but there’s a new sheriff in town. Meet the man on the front lines of the ultimate bee sting. bit.ly/3tHJyaU

Happy International Day of #Women and #Girls in #Science 🤓💥 The world needs science, and science needs women and girls! Let's all re-emphasize this today more than we usually do already! #womenintech #womenintechnology #Tech4Good #BridgeTheGap #Technology #WomenEmpowerment

Just 12 plant species and five types of animal make up 75% of the world's food. At least 30,000 of the 350,000 known plant species on our planet are edible, according to Food and Agriculture Organization bbc.com/future/bespoke…

Conservationists have had a "once-in-a-lifetime moment" after discovering one of the UK's rarest types of #bees in a remote part of northeast Scotland. flip.it/Roldoh

Honeybees are able to solve a maths test without the use of numbers, new research has revealed. In the study, the insects were able to work out the puzzle using visual cues, which researchers say could help develop future artificial intelligence. flip.it/blKK6Q

Fungi have been discovered making fake flowers that look and even smell like the real thing, fooling bees and other pollinating insects into visiting them. bit.ly/2Zt9A3O

Are you a solitary bee or a social bee?

The Bees for Development Ethiopia team is on a field visit with @PAN_UK Ethiopia, learning how Integrated Pest Management strategies reduce pesticide use very successfully- improving biodiversity and reducing insect mortality, and yielding crops of good quality and high value.

There are about 20,000 known species of bee on the planet, and nowhere else is this diversity more concentrated than in southern Arizona along the US-Mexico border. flip.it/ArgbP5

Smart apiculture management services for developing countries - the case of SAMS - Smart Apiculture Management Services EU project in #Ethiopia and #Indonesia peerj.com/articles/cs-48…

...and another SAMS - Smart Apiculture Management Services article: SAMS - #participatory development of #smart #apiculture #management services in #Ethiopia and #Indonesia pos.sissa.it/393/020/