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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 colony losses. Can we do something about it?

11 October 2023

Breakthrough Research Unveils a Potential Shield Against Multiple Bee Viruses

20 July 2023

Varroa infestation: why we must monitor hives BEFORE treatment

7 July 2023

Top priorities of beekeepers in summer

24 March 2023

Top priorities for beekeepers in spring

by Ulrike Marsky
28 October 2022

Trick or Treat? It's that time of the year again: the dark season has arrived. Let's share some terrible stories about monsters and evil creatures in honey bee colonie...

Springtime in your bee colonies – Lay a solid foundation for a healthy season!

by Véto-Pharma
25 January 2022

As the days are getting longer, and we are all looking forward to those extra rays of sunshine, you are not alone in the desire to stretch your legs and

Trick or Treat – The Creepy Cabinet of Horrors that can be Beekeeping in Fall

by Ulrike Marsky
27 October 2021

Autumn is a particular period for beekeepers. Several problems can occur during this season, from the mice invasions to cannibalism between honey bees, not mentioning absconding, starvation or even… chilled

Swarm warning: the reproduction cycle

by Phil Craft
18 July 2021

An article wrote by Phil Craft, beekeeper and retired Kentucky bee inspector, wanted to share his experience about swarming. Click to learn more about swarming season.

What to look for during spring hive inspections

by Véto-Pharma
29 January 2021

Phil Craft is a beekeeper, former bee inspector in Kentucky, and the technical advisor for Véto-pharma in the United States. In this article, Phil explains why Spring hive checks are

Zombee Night Flight – Food for Thought

by Véto-Pharma
7 December 2020

Each and every year recently, the media runs a story about Zombees (Zombie honey bees) as it alluringly mystifies the Halloween and the Day of the Dead experience. Many

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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.