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Phages against American Foulbrood?

Year after year, millions and millions of honey bees face one of their biggest enemies. One that eats them from inside out. It targets the youngest and most def...

Dear Dr Apis friend

This has been a great year at drapis.com. Not only did we create a custom labeling service for all our products, as once again, we expanded our product range. C...

Our Dream

DrApis is a cross between traditional, time proven, apiculture techniques and sustainable beekeeping. High grade, truly raw, unprocessed, natural products. And ...

Monocultures and the honey bee

Intensified beekeeping explores the biological potential of the species to the limit. It pushes the colony’s genome to it’s maximum, to produce the most honey, ...

Swarming honey bee colony

https://youtu.be/EwJ153ulj0Q Observe how the swarming colony tries to encapsulate the queen honey bee (pointed out with the key). Meanwhile, scouts look for sui...

Quercus suber

This is a young cork tree. Can you see how fluffy? It's flowering season. The video below shows how pollen clouds form as you shake it a little. https://youtu.b...

Trifolium nigrescens

[](https://alpha.steepshot.io/post/@drapis/trifolium-nigrescens-2018-6-6-13-31-10) - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Part of our Alentejo's ...

Raphanus raphanistrum

[](https://alpha.steepshot.io/post/@drapis/raphanus-raphanistrum-2018-6-6-13-0-20) - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Part of our Alentejo's ...

Lavandula stoechas

https://youtu.be/1ROEz0TuuKw - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Part of our Alentejo's wildflower collection. One of our bees' source of nect...

Cistus ladanifer

https://youtu.be/jZvPXKpb8iU [](https://alpha.steepshot.io/post/@drapis/cistus-ladanifer-2018-6-6-4-13-15) - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - --...

Cirsium vulgare

[](https://alpha.steepshot.io/post/@drapis/cirsium-vulgare-2018-6-6-3-45-44) - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Part of our Alentejo's wildfl...

Dear Steemians

Warm greetings from the land of wildflower and cork oak prairies. Me and my bees have been harvesting these fields for some decades. The amazing environmental p...