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What actions should you plan throughout the season to promote the health of your colonies and anticipate challenges?

Anticipation is one of the keys to the success of your colonies throughout the season. To enhance colony health and anticipate challenges, you perform regular inspections, feed your bees, control parasite presence, tend to your queens, manage swarming, prepare for wintering, ... and most importantly, you stay informed about best practices, advice, and insights from other beekeepers.

So many tasks, efforts, and attention are required for the management and conservation of your colonies. It's with this in mind that we offer you these articles, to support you.

Winter hive management: ensuring healthy bees through the cold season

19 November 2024

Clinical Case: Honey Bee Brood Disease

8 November 2024

Discovery of the Red dwarf honey bee (Apis florea) in Malta

8 October 2024

Clinical case: Chronic Bee Paralysis Virus

26 August 2024

How to manage your bee colonies post-honey harvest

by Gérald Therville
25 July 2024

Table of contents Varroosis, caused by Varroa destructor, is a major challenge to honey bee colonies (Apis mellifera). Even with the development and successful implementation of various management strategies to

Water is life, and for bees too!

by Véto-pharma
18 July 2024

Discover the importance of making water available to your bees to ensure the proper functioning of the hive.

Clinical case: Colony losses from starvation in spring

by Juan Molina
17 May 2024

Explore a clinical case of hive losses in Spain due to resource scarcity. Dr. Juan Molina's insights highlight the beekeeper's challenges and solutions for hive health.

Mellitiphis alvearius or “Pollen Mite” is a new threat?

by Véto-pharma
15 April 2024

The pollen mite, Mellitiphis alvearius, a small yet potentially impactful inhabitant of bee hives, raises questions about its ecological role and potential as a new threat.

Clinical case: Honey bee colony losses due to multifactorial causes

by Juan Molina
9 March 2024

In this clinical case, Dr. Juan Molina will share an instance from Spain involving significant hive losses.

Supporting Honeybee Colonies in Spring: Tips for Beekeepers

by Juan Molina
8 February 2024

Optimize hive health this spring with expert tips on colony vitality, stimulus feeding, and pest management.

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Véto-pharma is a pharmaceutical laboratory dedicated to honey bees health that develops, produces and markets a range of drugs and products designed to combat the key diseases and problems that threaten colonies.