Information leaflets

LASI Director, Prof. Francis Ratnieks has designed a series of leaflets about bees and beekeeping.

Each leaflet is a pdf file, and may be downloaded for free and used for education purposes.

 

The Sussex Plan for Honey Bee Health and Well Being

LASI: The Laboratory of Apiculture and Social Insects

 

What is a Bee?

The Honey Bee

Honey Bees and Human Culture

 

FORAGE

The Honey Bee Dance Language

Bees and Flowers

Learning About Bees and Flowers by Looking

How to Determine Good Garden Plants for Bees

Ivy: Autumn Food for Honey Bees and Flower-visiting Insects

 

Beekeeping

 

How Bees make Honey

 

 

DISEASE CONTROL

 

How to Determine Varroa Infestiation Levels in Hives

 

How to Apply Oxalic Acid Via Sublimation to Control Varroa

How to Apply Oxalic Acid Via Sublimation to Control Varroa in Dutch

Hoe oxaalzuur toe te dienen via sublimatie om de varroamijt te beteugelen

How to Apply Oxalic Acid Via Sublimation to Control Varroa in French

Mode d’Administration de l’Acide Oxalique par Sublimation pour le contrôle des Varroas

How to Apply Oxalic Acid Via Sublimation to Control Varroa in Finnish

Varroan hävittäminen oksaalihappokaasutuksella

 

Comparing Efficacy of Varroa Control Methods 

Hygienic Behaviour: Background and Disease Control

Testing a Honey Bee Colony for Hygienic Behaviour

 

OTHER SOCIAL INSECTS

What is an Ant?

 

 

Bees on pink PeonyBees on an open flowered pink peony

 

 

 

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