RESOURCES
Below is a list of resources compiled by Honey Bee Watch on the topics of free-living (aka "wild" or "feral") honey bees, sustainable beekeeping, natural/bee-centric beekeeping, treatment-free beekeeping, and more.
If you have any recommended references or sources, please email us at ambeessadors@gmail.com.
RED LIST STATUS
IUCN Red List status for Apis mellifera
De la Rúa, P.; Paxton, R.J.; Moritz, R.F.A.; Roberts, S.; Allen, D.J.; Pinto, M.A.; Cauia, E.; Fontana, P.; Kryger, P.; Bouga, M.; Buechler, R.; Costa, C.; Crailsheim, K.; Meixner, M.; Siceanu, A. & Kemp, J.R.
De la Rúa, P.; Paxton, R.J.; Moritz, R.F.A.; Roberts, S.; Allen, D.J.; Pinto, M.A.; Cauia, E.; Fontana, P.; Kryger, P.; Bouga, M.; Buechler, R.; Costa, C.; Crailsheim, K.; Meixner, M.; Siceanu, A. & Kemp, J.R.
FREE-LIVING/WILD/FERAL HONEY BEES
Honey Bees in the Wild, Part 1: "What Can We Learn from Them?"
Roger Patterson, National Honey Show 2017
Roger Patterson, National Honey Show 2017
Honey Bees in the Wild, Part 2: "What Do We Know about How They Live?"
Thomas Seeley, National Honey Show 2017
Thomas Seeley, National Honey Show 2017
Website to share stories and projects about free-living honey bees
Research Paper
Contribution of European forests to safeguard wild honeybee populations
Requier, F. et al., 2019
Requier, F. et al., 2019
The Lives of Bees: The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
Thomas Seeley, 2019
Research Paper
The Darwin cure for apiculture? Natural selection and managed
honeybee health
Neumann, P. et al., 2016
Exploring the science, beauty, and spiritual expression of arboreal apiculture
Research Paper
Pitting Wild Bees Against Managed Honey Bees in Their Native Range, a Losing Strategy for the Conservation of Honey Bee Biodiversity
Alaux, C. et al., 2019
Research Paper
A Plea for Use of Honey Bees’ Natural Resilience in Beekeeping
Blacquière, T. et al., 2018
Research Paper
Private Facebook group connected by the practice of and interest in Zeidlerei, aka tree beekeeping
Research Paper
Norwegian honey bees surviving Varroa destructor mite infestations by means of natural selection
Oddie, M. et al., 2017
Research Paper
Research Paper
The neglected bee trees: European beech forests as a home for feral honey bee colonies
Kohl, P. et al., 2018
Research Paper
Cavity occupancy by wild honey bees: need for evidence of ecological impacts
Saunders, M. et al., 2021
Dr. Margarita López-Uribe, Alternative Beekeeping Conference 2019
Research Paper
The Role of Pathogen Dynamics and Immune Gene Expression in the Survival of Feral Honey Bees
Hinshaw, C. et al., 2021
Dr. Przemysław Nawrocki, Learning from the Bees | Berlin 2019 conference
Podcast
Article (download)
How a Population of Wild Honey Bee Colonies Living in New York State Is Surviving with Varroa
Seeley, T., American Bee Journal, Nov 2017
Article (download)
A Citizen Science Study of Wild Colonies of Honey Bees
Seeley, T., Natural Bee Husbandry #15, May 2020
Research Paper
Étude de la démographie des colonies d'abeilles mellifères (Apis mellifera Linné) à l'état sauvage en Poitou-Charentes
Albouy, V. (coordinator), 2020
Research Paper
Article (download)
Article (download)
Comparative monitoring of free-living honey bee colonies in three Western European regions
Lang, U., Albouy, V. & Zewen, C., Natural Bee Husbandry #23, 2022
Research Paper
Article (download)
What We Can Learn from Wild Honey Bees
Grace McCormack, National Honey Show 2022
Grace McCormack, National Honey Show 2022
Research Paper
Using Citizen Science to Scout Honey Bee Colonies That Naturally Survive Varroa destructor Infestations
Moro, A. et al., 2021
REWILDING PROJECTS
Preserving and protecting honey bees through rewilding
Rewilding Honeybees short documentary by Cameron Nielson
Honey bee conservation and the reforestation of a 25-acre pine monoculture in Central Portugal
Sustainable beekeeping in North Hampshire, UK, emphasizing hives with minimal intervention
Honey bee conservation and rewilding through habitat creation, education, and advocacy.
Bractwo Bartne
Tree hive construction, installation, maintenance, workshops, and education in Poland's Augustow Primeval Forest.
Tree hive construction, installation, maintenance, workshops, and education in Poland's Augustow Primeval Forest.
Contacts
Project Director: Steve Rogenstein at The Ambeessadors
Science Director: Arrigo Moro at University of Galway
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