Cornwall Honey 🐝

Ironic. #NationalWildlifeDay & real threat hits the UK: #AsianHornet spotted in #Cornwall. To help, we’re giving away our App with #AsianHornet Tracking & Swarm Collection features FREE for 3 months, to those living in Cornwall. Email: lb.beewatch@gmail.com

We've confirmed a sighting of an #Asianhornet in #Cornwall today. If you think you've spotted one you can report it using the iPhone & Android app ‘Asian Hornet Watch’. Find out more from @Cornwallbees @cornwallhoney: nonnativespecies.org/alerts/index.c…

Local #Cornwall lads rally to save native bees ow.ly/eJny30fvRKd

New genetic research on honeybees proves that "you are what you eat"! At least for bees :) goo.gl/8yz8u5

Bees like to binge on one type of flower in one area to save energy, so planting in large groups or 'pollinator patches' attracts them!

Why Manuka Honey Is So Super It Should Wear A Cape ow.ly/8krA30eamdS

This is how Varroa mites swept the globe. Imagine how they spread in your hives! Manage these pesky critters. More: goo.gl/5rfAjV

.@NASAWebb has the capacity to detect the heat of a bumblebee if it were on the moon. #FollowFriday to learn more: twitter.com/nasawebb

Bees have tiny brains, but they can still learn to play golf bit.ly/2vgh1dc

Register your interest in the Beginner's Beekeeping Workshop on the 15th July! 🐝 facebook.com/events/1628069…

India's bees are dying out and only its farmers know why — Quartz bit.ly/2sJnVd7

Did you know that #honeybees are totally blind to the colour red? For more fascinating facts visit: ow.ly/hy5b30d1KzZ @britishbee

#Tories aim to block the full EU ban on #honeybee-harming pesticides. goo.gl/Cm3Cx3 Be a real environmentalist beekeeper 🐝

All that pollen can be brushed dreckly into flowers! #NationalPollinatorWeek

#Honeybee Fact of the Day: Did you know that #honeybees can remove 15,000 pollen grains in 2 minutes as they clean themselves? #savethebees

Be careful out there. An arson attack on beehives in Kent 😢 farminguk.com/news/Arson-sus…

Give wasps multi-coloured paper = rainbow nests! Work/art by Mattia Menchetti, a biology student at Uni. of Florence

@Buckfastbees Really amazing image! 😲

Take part in Friend's of the Earth @wwwfoecouk Great British Bee Count before 30th June 2017: foe.co.uk/bee-count #GreatBritishBeeCount

I’m counting bees for the Great British Bee Count goo.gl/i6Wun9 #GreatBritishBeeCount