# \#research **URL:** https://forum.honeyflow.com/tag/research/229.md [Latest](https://forum.honeyflow.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.honeyflow.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.honeyflow.com/tags.md) --- ## [Australian beekeeping summary](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/australian-beekeeping-summary/39628)
**Author:** [@bija](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/bija)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2026, 11:56pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/australian-beekeeping-summary/39628 "2026-03-17T23:56:20Z")
Here at Flow Hive, we would love to hear a brief summary of the current landscape of beekeeping within Australia. What is happening in each state? E.g. drought in SA What has affected your beekeeping over the last 12… --- ## [Care for Bees (Eulaema)](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/care-for-bees-eulaema/38972)
**Author:** [@Caleb\_Arias](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Caleb_Arias)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/care-for-bees-eulaema/38972 "2025-05-14T16:09:01Z")
Hello everyone I’m an amateur orchid grower. This little friend visits me every season to pollinate my flowers. Personally, I know absolutely nothing about bees. I’d like to learn more about him and his species. I a… --- ## [Stationary Enterprise Apiary (Western Australia)](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/stationary-enterprise-apiary-western-australia/38489)
**Author:** [@SouthEastScarp](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SouthEastScarp)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 22, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/stationary-enterprise-apiary-western-australia/38489 "2025-02-22T14:45:17Z")
Hi Team, We are setting up a stationary apiary enterprise in Western Australia. Last year, we purchased a property in Toodyay, northeast of Perth, in the Wheatbelt of Western Australia. We are investing significant sum… --- ## [Tracking bee activity with QR codes](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/tracking-bee-activity-with-qr-codes/38310)
**Author:** [@Dawn\_SD](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Dawn_SD)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2025, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/tracking-bee-activity-with-qr-codes/38310 "2025-01-29T05:21:28Z")
Interesting article here on some recent bee research: --- ## [Sustainable Propolis Collection Practices survey](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/sustainable-propolis-collection-practices-survey/37891)
**Author:** [@Shankar](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Shankar)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2024, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/sustainable-propolis-collection-practices-survey/37891 "2024-11-07T14:50:10Z")
Dear all, I am a scientist working in the UK on propolis. I am surveying sustainable propolis collection practices. Would you mind sharing your knowledge and experience by completing the attached survey link? It won’t t… --- ## [Bee box 101 - how to and what the terms mean ? Brood , honey super , etc](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-box-101-how-to-and-what-the-terms-mean-brood-honey-super-etc/36855)
**Author:** [@BeeReal](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/BeeReal)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 3, 2024, 4:25am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-box-101-how-to-and-what-the-terms-mean-brood-honey-super-etc/36855 "2024-05-03T04:25:20Z")
Hello I’m new to bee keeping, what are the ins and outs of keeping. What are the terms , brood, honey super, ect . When ,where, why? From Start to harvest what do we need to accomplish. Bee keeping 101 basic process… Fro… --- ## [Bees discarding Pupae/ lavae our the front of the hive (new hive)](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bees-discarding-pupae-lavae-our-the-front-of-the-hive-new-hive/36321)
**Author:** [@JP6800](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/JP6800)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 5:36am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bees-discarding-pupae-lavae-our-the-front-of-the-hive-new-hive/36321 "2024-03-26T05:36:50Z")
So this hive is now into its third week since I installed the package and have (to the best of my knowledge) been doing well, they have been collecting pollen, drawing out frames and on my week 1 inspection I could see e… --- ## [Bee Keeping Safety](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-keeping-safety/35338)
**Author:** [@milandb](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/milandb)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 2, 2023, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bee-keeping-safety/35338 "2023-08-02T03:54:56Z")
Hi fellow beekeepers - My name is Milan and I’ve been keeping bees for a while now; I have a couple hives in the Bay Area, CA (constant honeyflow but also constant swarming… ugh). I’m also a student at UC Berkeley who h… --- ## [Solved - Bottom multifunction tray kills bees along with beetles](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/solved-bottom-multifunction-tray-kills-bees-along-with-beetles/33164)
**Author:** [@Ben\_Young](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Ben_Young)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [July 6, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/solved-bottom-multifunction-tray-kills-bees-along-with-beetles/33164 "2023-07-06T01:30:46Z")
Morning All! We’ve had our Flow Hive 2+ up and running for just over a month and we’re having a great time. We installed our nucleus just over 2 weeks ago and did our first brood inspection last weekend. Both went great… --- ## [Beekeeping Research Survey](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-research-survey/34257)
**Author:** [@Squently](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Squently)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/beekeeping-research-survey/34257 "2023-01-29T08:50:21Z")
I am a 3rd year college student studying product design at the University of Houston, and for my current life centered design project I am researching beekeeping. I would really appreciate y’all filling out my survey. It… --- ## [Hungarian Flowhive members?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hungarian-flowhive-members/34239)
**Author:** [@MariaSzenczi](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/MariaSzenczi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2023, 9:35am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/hungarian-flowhive-members/34239 "2023-01-23T09:35:28Z")
Hello Flowhive members. I am new to beekeeping and would like to know if there are any members in Hungary to network with. I speak little Hungarian and it would be easier if I could find a group which speaks a bit of Eng… --- ## [Arizona Beekeepers](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/arizona-beekeepers/33427)
**Author:** [@PlantPeopleHealLLC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/PlantPeopleHealLLC)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/arizona-beekeepers/33427 "2022-08-06T13:51:07Z")
Hello, I am new to this forum and looking for some locals in Arizona to help me get set up with some bees for the 2 flow hives we have on our land. We have not set them out at their permanent locations yet. We just got t… --- ## [An interesting Croatian Varroa mite management invention](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/an-interesting-croatian-varroa-mite-management-invention/33232)
**Author:** [@Mateo\_Kaiser](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Mateo_Kaiser)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 26, 2022, 3:23pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/an-interesting-croatian-varroa-mite-management-invention/33232 "2022-06-26T15:23:46Z")
Hey! While on a recent trip through the Balkans I stopped by a small beekeeping store Zagreb, Croatia. In the store, Košnica, I came across an intriguing local invention for controlling Varroa mites. The owner explained… --- ## [Impact of hive inspections on bee colony](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/impact-of-hive-inspections-on-bee-colony/29374)
**Author:** [@ABB](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/ABB)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2022, 12:39pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/impact-of-hive-inspections-on-bee-colony/29374 "2022-05-08T12:39:54Z")
One of a common questions among new beekeepers is how often do I need or can inspect my hive? Although I believe that the only way to learn practical skills is to “go there and do it”, we also need to take into account h… --- ## [Using Flow Hive Frames in a Slovenian Hive](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-flow-hive-frames-in-a-slovenian-hive/23848)
**Author:** [@jmcjmc1950](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/jmcjmc1950)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 31, 2022, 9:05pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/using-flow-hive-frames-in-a-slovenian-hive/23848 "2022-03-31T21:05:21Z")
I am new to beekeeping. I currently do not have any hives. Though, I am in the process of buying a Flow Hive from an individual. I am an older person. Thus, I am looking for ways to avoid lifting hive boxes. The solutio… --- ## [Bees dying on the ground with a little life left, but eventually dying. Please, any answers](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bees-dying-on-the-ground-with-a-little-life-left-but-eventually-dying-please-any-answers/31155)
**Author:** [@Doof4pm](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Doof4pm)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2021, 5:13am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/bees-dying-on-the-ground-with-a-little-life-left-but-eventually-dying-please-any-answers/31155 "2021-08-12T05:13:54Z")
At work, we have a table under an Iron Bark tree, been noticing bee’s( no stingers) falling to the ground- no energy( ive read about drones dieing after a shag) and eventually dieing. Sometimes there’s one or two, can be… --- ## [Flowhive not working well](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flowhive-not-working-well/29291)
**Author:** [@cottles](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/cottles)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flowhive-not-working-well/29291 "2021-07-09T21:25:22Z")
couple of my flowhive had honey down both columns but wh en went to harvest only very slow flow and not much honey came out. usually get 1.5 jars from each FH yet only received about 1/4 jar. am i suppose to clean them… --- ## [Metarhizium, a common fungus found in soils around the world, to work as a control agent against varroa mites](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/metarhizium-a-common-fungus-found-in-soils-around-the-world-to-work-as-a-control-agent-against-varroa-mites/30536)
**Author:** [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2021, 10:37pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/metarhizium-a-common-fungus-found-in-soils-around-the-world-to-work-as-a-control-agent-against-varroa-mites/30536 "2021-06-14T22:37:43Z")
Interesting… \[snip\] A team led by Washington State University entomologists bred a strain of Metarhizium, a common fungus found in soils around the world, to work as a control agent against varroa mites. Unlike other… --- ## [Honeybee 'Trojan horse' virus relies on bees' habit of cannibalizing their young](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/honeybee-trojan-horse-virus-relies-on-bees-habit-of-cannibalizing-their-young/30534)
**Author:** [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2021, 12:58am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/honeybee-trojan-horse-virus-relies-on-bees-habit-of-cannibalizing-their-young/30534 "2021-05-29T00:58:01Z")
Interesting read. Honeybee ‘Trojan horse’ virus relies on bees’ habit of cannibalizing their young \[snip\] A virus that leaves bees with stubby, useless wings, bloated abdomens and sluggish brains before killing them … --- ## [Relatives don't count. It's the microbiome!](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/relatives-dont-count-its-the-microbiome/30113)
**Author:** [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2021, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/relatives-dont-count-its-the-microbiome/30113 "2021-04-21T13:44:14Z")
Short and interesting read/listen: New research shows that members of a bee colony all have the same gut microbiome, which controls their smell—and thus their ability to separate family from foe. --- ## [Flowhive in JAVMA](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flowhive-in-javma/29471)
**Author:** [@chau06](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/chau06)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 1, 2021, 2:53am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/flowhive-in-javma/29471 "2021-03-01T02:53:55Z")
My wife bookmarked this article for me to read and I noticed it is clearly a Flow Hive illustrated! The use of biosensors to assess the health of the bee colony superorganism --- ## [Which bees are these?](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/which-bees-are-these/29132)
**Author:** [@Freebee2](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Freebee2)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/which-bees-are-these/29132 "2021-01-26T22:22:35Z")
Can anyone identify these bees? Someone has suggested Apis Florea, I’m leaning more towards Apis Cerana. Would love to hear your thoughts on what species you think they may be, and what features of these bees have info… --- ## [When your gut microbiome helps determine friends and family](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/when-your-gut-microbiome-helps-determine-friends-and-family/28002)
**Author:** [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2020, 2:31am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/when-your-gut-microbiome-helps-determine-friends-and-family/28002 "2020-10-18T02:31:22Z")
This is quite interesting… For honey bees, this study shows that the microbiome plays a critical role in defining the tightly regulated chemical signals for group membership. Until recently, most scientists thought tha… --- ## [Some bees are born curious](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/some-bees-are-born-curious/27812)
**Author:** [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2020, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/some-bees-are-born-curious/27812 "2020-10-07T00:16:20Z")
Some bees are born curious while others are more single-minded – new research hints at how the hive picks which flowers to feast on… --- ## [West Aussie honey tested for pain relief after surgery](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/west-aussie-honey-tested-for-pain-relief-after-surgery/27141)
**Author:** [@Peter48](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Peter48)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2020, 1:14pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/west-aussie-honey-tested-for-pain-relief-after-surgery/27141 "2020-08-16T13:14:38Z")
This will be of interest mainly to those in West Aussie but if your not there it is food for thought about the possible benefits of your honey. Cheers --- ## [World Bee Count](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/world-bee-count/25602)
**Author:** [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2020, 4:53pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/world-bee-count/25602 "2020-04-26T16:53:26Z")
World Bee Day and The World Bee Count – Online this year. The World Bee Day has been celebrated since 2018 on 20 May, the birthdate of pioneer beekeeper Anton Janša. This year, the event, which is hosted by the UN will b… --- ## [New Beekeeping Podcast](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-beekeeping-podcast/25164)
**Author:** [@bennyandthejets](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/bennyandthejets)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:57am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/new-beekeeping-podcast/25164 "2020-04-02T04:57:37Z")
Today, myself and friend of mine Jye launched Honey, I’m Home - Australia’s first beekeeping podcast. There are four episodes to guide you through the basics of what it takes to start and keep bees. Two more coming ne… --- ## [It's not that you smell dead. It's just that you don't smell alive](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/its-not-that-you-smell-dead-its-just-that-you-dont-smell-alive/25015)
**Author:** [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2020, 10:05am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/its-not-that-you-smell-dead-its-just-that-you-dont-smell-alive/25015 "2020-03-21T10:05:32Z")
It’s not that you smell dead. It’s just that you don’t smell alive… How undertaker bees recognise dead bees: --- ## [Qld scientists investigating plan bee to guard against parasite](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/qld-scientists-investigating-plan-bee-to-guard-against-parasite/24594)
**Author:** [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2020, 1:07am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/qld-scientists-investigating-plan-bee-to-guard-against-parasite/24594 "2020-02-08T01:07:55Z")
The research is more focused on industry, pollination and crops rather than eradication/control of varroa but it’s interesting all the same. --- ## [Engineered symbionts activate honey bee immunity and limit pathogens](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/engineered-symbionts-activate-honey-bee-immunity-and-limit-pathogens/24509)
**Author:** [@SnowflakeHoney](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/SnowflakeHoney)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 1, 2020, 10:43am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/engineered-symbionts-activate-honey-bee-immunity-and-limit-pathogens/24509 "2020-02-01T10:43:11Z")
While others might be interested in this it is probably a bit more up your alley @Dawn\_SD. Unfortunately this is a link to the abstract only. [Next page](https://forum.honeyflow.com/tag/research/229.md?match_all_tags=true&page=1&tags%5B%5D=research)