FOR RESILIENT BEEKEEPING
An innovative method to control Varroa destructor in honey bee colonies are brood interruptions reached by caging the queen. There are several options of queen cages available out there, but University of Graz shows us in a short video how to build such a cage from available materials.
Show us your devise for queen caging!
A group of promising junior scientists recently visited the experimental apiary at “Carditello Royal Palace” https://www.fondazionecarditello.org/new/en/the-royal-palace/) as part of the BEEGUARDS project. The apiary is where the CNR is conducting experiments related to immunity and physiology, in collaboration with CoNaProA (https://conaproa.it).
The students and School’s teaching staff, who are from the Institute of Environmental Biotechnology of Turin (https://www.jcmaxwell.edu.it), had the opportunity to learn about sustainable honeybee management and monitoring with new high-tech approaches.
This also helped them gain insight into fundamental concepts related to biodiversity and the resilience of ecosystems. We hope that sharing research projects with students will inspire future scientists.
