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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.

Tropilaelaps is lying in wait – Can Amitraz efficiently reduce infestations?

5 April 2025

Managing space in honey bee colonies and adding honey supers in spring

4 March 2025

Honey labelling in Europe: greater transparency for consumers

11 February 2025

The basics of almond pollination: a guide for beekeepers and growers

18 December 2024

Winter hive management: ensuring healthy bees through the cold season

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.

Winter colony losses. Can we do something about it?

by Juan Molina
30 October 2023

Find solutions to bee colony losses with expert into varroa mite infestations, climate, and adaptive beekeeping.

Breakthrough Research Unveils a Potential Shield Against Multiple Bee Viruses

by Véto-pharma
11 October 2023

As honey bee colonies confront escalating challenges, complicating the task of apiary management, a conglomerate of scientists from the University of Florida, the Agricultural Research Service-USDA, Louisiana State University, and

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Véto-pharma is a pharmaceutical lab focused on animal health, with a special emphasis on protecting honey bee colonies. We create, manufacture, and distribute a range of products aimed at tackling the critical diseases and challenges threatening bee populations.

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.