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Research
The NHBA Research Committee provides funding to promote sound management practices and honeybee health.
The NHBA provides competitive funding to promote the health, and improve overall hive management, in New Hampshire
Two focal areas for research funding are the NH Honey Bee Diagnostic Network where citizen science projects are developed, and funding for teams of beekeepers conducting research to improve honeybee health through external funding such as the USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Projects (SARE) program.
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Research
news and resources
How to handle a suspected pesticide exposure in your hive
Obtaining samples ASAP and knowing how to preserve the evidence is key to detecting and proving a pesticide kill but resources are scarce.
NHBA issues a challenge to our neighboring states: Project Apis M needs our support
What you water grows
NHBA Research Grant Recipient Presents Initial Phase of Work
UNH undergraduate presents at research conference
The Bee Informed Partnership Releases its 2023 Loss & Management Survey results
United States Honey Bee Colony Losses 2022–23: Preliminary Results from the Bee Informed Partnership
2020 Winter Hive Survey Update
Winter survival (65%!) was the best that we have seen since conducting the survey. This a 20-point improvement over the previous winter.
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Update on the 2020 Honey Bee Nutrition project
We need everyone and anyone (children too!) who wants to be a citizen scientist to please participate! We will be building a database for anyone to use to determine when to expect plants to bloom, what should be blooming now, etc.
Winter Moisture Observational Study
Using data from hive monitoring systems the study aims to understand the
effects of moisture on overwintering hives and how our
winterizing methods might be improved.
NH is Blooming
The NH is Blooming project details the observations collected as well as a list of the important flowers to look for each month.
2022 Winter Ventilation Study
A study on the difference between hives with and without upper entrances
2021 Winter Wrap Study
This study was done to gain insight into the question "How does the type of wrap affect the inside temperature of the colony and bee movement?".
Pollinator Partnership
Pollinator Partnership’s mission is to promote the health of pollinators, critical to food and ecosystems, through conservation, education, and research.
Nosema Testing
Nosema is a disease found in the gut of honey bees. Nosema apis and N. ceranea are fungal pathogens that infect the gut of honey bees and can cause dysentery and death. Because the spores are so small, Nosema can only be detected using a microscope.
Varroa Management Guide
Learning to control your varroa levels is an important step to keeping your colonies healthy.
Hive Necropsy (Deadout Checklist)
Diagnosing why a hive perished is an important step to understand why we have such a high hive loss rate in NH.
2020-21 NH Winter Hive Survey Results
2020-21 Winter Survival is the 2nd worst we’ve seen since doing the survey