
A swarm hangs from a branch and has to choose a home. Scouts dance for competing cavities until a quorum builds at the site itself — a decision with no centre, reached in one to three days.
Colony strength across the season, with what happens inside the hive and at the apiary. Click a month.
Colony strength in thousands of bees — guide values, Carnica, Central Europe
Honey varieties, forage plants and beekeeping terms in one searchable body of entries — the core of the old site, reordered.
Every fortnight: one subject from bee science, one forage note, one picture. Bilingual, cancel any time.
Apiaries, associations and inspectors by region — honey at the gate, swarm collection, beginners' courses.