Urban Beekeeping
Bringing together new and old beekeepers in Bangkok for the Asian Honeybee! If you'd like to know more about our work, get in touch via email and check out our realtime map of hives and wild colonies in Bangkok. We are also on Facebook!
BackgroundHoneybees, solitary bees, bumblebees, bats, moths and ants are key pollinators, collectively responsible for much of the food that we eat daily; furthermore, it is estimated that fully one-third of all the food plants we eat depend specifically on bees for pollination. In spite of this importance in the global food chain and ecosystem, honeybees, as with many pollinators, around the world have come under threat due to a number of factors including:(a) Foliar sprayed and systemic pesticides use, especially neonicotinoid-based pesticides, resulting in severe nervous and digestive damage (usually fatal). Registered neonicotinoid pesticides in active use in Thailand include: Acetamiprid, Clothianidin, Dinotefuran, Imidacloprid, Thiacloprid and Thiamethoxam.(b) Increased use of GMO crops (esp. BT crops, such as cotton, corn and papaya), resulting in nervous tissue damage and memory impairment, leading to disorientation and eventually death.(c) Habitat and biodiversity loss, resulting in significant competition for food resources and nest sites between native honeybees and the more aggressive imported European honeybees (Apis mellifera).(d) Increased prevalence of large-scale monoculture cropping systems, resulting in poor nutritional diversity and diet-related stress/diseases, and eventually either swarming or colony collapse.(e) Various pests and diseases due to stress (weather conditions, pollution, poor husbandry techniques, etc.).(f) Extermination of valuable feral swarms in urban areas, usually due to ignorance (of their critical ecosystemic and species genetic value) and fear (of being stung), rather than requesting that swarms be removed properly and relocated elsewhere.As an indicator of the importance of healthybee colonies in the provision of critical pollination services, 60,000-120,000 European honeybees are required to pollinate just one acre (4,000m2) of fruit trees per day. On the other hand, some 250-750 bumblebees are required to pollinate the same area of fruit trees per day (however, it should be noted that bumblebees form much smaller colonies and exhibit vastly different pollination habits to honeybees). Unfortunately, the figures for Asian honeybees (Apis cerana), the focal species for this initiative, are as yet unknown.Urban beekeeping: Urban beekeeping is becoming an increasingly common activity amongst city-dwellers that (a) wish to take part in global efforts to save honeybees and ensure the perpetuation of their critical pollination services, (b) are interested in knowing the source of their honey and are concerned about contamination and food miles, and (c) wish to learn about animal husbandry irrespective of whether they reside in small houses, condominiums or shared accommodation.Urban beekeeping is becoming a growing trend around the world: Paris Opera House (Paris), Bank of England (London), New York rooftops (US), Hong Kong rooftops, etc. Much of the success of urban beekeeping is related to three factors: (a) cities usually have many more flowers over the course of the year than rural areas, resulting in an abundance of food for honeybees throughout the year, (b) cities usually have very little neonicotinoid pesticides in use, resulting in little to no chance of colony collapses, and (c) there are many more places for bees to form nests in cities (holes in trees, inside roofs, between walls, even inside your postbox, inside old boxes and tires, etc.).Asian honeybee: The Asian honeybee (Apis cerana) is native to South and Southeast Asia, sharing the range with the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) and Dwarf honeybee / Red dwarf honeybee (Apis florea), besides several other smaller communal and solitary bees, and bumblebees; however, the Asian honeybee is the only one to make comparatively larger quantities of honey and wax and is generally very docile, making husbandry relatively easy. The Asian honeybee makes medium-sized colonies in multi-comb nests usually in tree hollows and human structures, with complex thermo-regulation mechanisms to maintain the nest’s temperature and humidity within a very narrow band. The home-range (the distance from the nest that the worker bees harvest pollen) is only 1-2km.Of particular interest to commercial honeybee operations and customers alike in South and Southeast Asia should be the fact that Asian honeybees are also not affected by Varroa jacobsoni mites or Nosema ceranae that are often fatal in European honeybee colonies (meaning that it is generally much easier to have organic honey from Asian honeybees here in Thailand than from European honeybees).Honeybees, solitary bees, bumblebees, bats, moths and ants are key pollinators, collectively responsible for much of the food that we eat daily; furthermore, it is estimated that fully one-third of all the food plants we eat depend specifically on bees for pollination. In spite of this importance in the global food chain and ecosystem, honeybees, as with many pollinators, around the world have come under threat due to a number of factors including:
Honeybees, solitary bees, bumblebees, bats, moths and ants are key pollinators, collectively responsible for much of the food that we eat daily; furthermore, it is estimated that fully one-third of all the food plants we eat depend specifically on bees for pollination. In spite of this importance in the global food chain and ecosystem, honeybees, as with many pollinators, around the world have come under threat due to a number of factors including:
Foliar sprayed and systemic pesticides use, especially neonicotinoid-based pesticides, resulting in severe nervous and digestive damage (usually fatal). Registered neonicotinoid pesticides in active use in Thailand include: Acetamiprid, Clothianidin, Dinotefuran, Imidacloprid, Thiacloprid and Thiamethoxam.
Increased use of GMO crops (esp. BT crops, such as cotton, corn and papaya), resulting in nervous tissue damage and memory impairment, leading to disorientation and eventually death.
Habitat and biodiversity loss, resulting in significant competition for food resources and nest sites between native honeybees and the more aggressive imported European honeybees (Apis mellifera).
Increased prevalence of large-scale monoculture cropping systems, resulting in poor nutritional diversity and diet-related stress/diseases, and eventually either swarming or colony collapse.
Various pests and diseases due to stress (weather conditions, pollution, poor husbandry techniques, etc.).
Extermination of valuable feral swarms in urban areas, usually due to ignorance (of their critical ecosystemic and species genetic value) and fear (of being stung), rather than requesting that swarms be removed properly and relocated elsewhere.
As an indicator of the importance of healthybee colonies in the provision of critical pollination services, 60,000-120,000 European honeybees are required to pollinate just one acre (4,000m2) of fruit trees per day. On the other hand, some 250-750 bumblebees are required to pollinate the same area of fruit trees per day (however, it should be noted that bumblebees form much smaller colonies and exhibit vastly different pollination habits to honeybees). Unfortunately, the figures for Asian honeybees (Apis cerana), the focal species for this initiative, are as yet unknown.
Urban beekeeping
Urban beekeeping is becoming an increasingly common activity amongst city-dwellers that (a) wish to take part in global efforts to save honeybees and ensure the perpetuation of their critical pollination services, (b) are interested in knowing the source of their honey and are concerned about contamination and food miles, and (c) wish to learn about animal husbandry irrespective of whether they reside in small houses, condominiums or shared accommodation.
Urban beekeeping is becoming a growing trend around the world: Paris Opera House (Paris), Bank of England (London), New York rooftops (US), Hong Kong rooftops, etc. Much of the success of urban beekeeping is related to three factors:
Cities usually have many more flowers over the course of the year than rural areas, resulting in an abundance of food for honeybees throughout the year,
Cities usually have very little neonicotinoid pesticides in use, resulting in little to no chance of colony collapses, and
There are many more places for bees to form nests in cities (holes in trees, inside roofs, between walls, even inside your postbox, inside old boxes and tires, etc.).
Asian honeybee
The Asian honeybee (Apis cerana) is native to South and Southeast Asia, sharing the range with the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) and Dwarf honeybee / Red dwarf honeybee (Apis florea), besides several other smaller communal and solitary bees, and bumblebees; however, the Asian honeybee is the only one to make comparatively larger quantities of honey and wax and is generally very docile, making husbandry relatively easy. The Asian honeybee makes medium-sized colonies in multi-comb nests usually in tree hollows and human structures, with complex thermo-regulation mechanisms to maintain the nest’s temperature and humidity within a very narrow band. The home-range (the distance from the nest that the worker bees harvest pollen) is only 1-2km.
Of particular interest to commercial honeybee operations and customers alike in South and Southeast Asia should be the fact that Asian honeybees are also not affected by Varroa jacobsoni mites or Nosema ceranae that are often fatal in European honeybee colonies (meaning that it is generally much easier to have organic honey from Asian honeybees here in Thailand than from European honeybees).
Learn more about our work by getting in touch via email and check out our realtime map o
Beekeeping เมืองนำ beekeepers ใหม่ และเก่าในกรุงเทพสำหรับน้ำผึ้งอิลอกเอเชีย ถ้าคุณต้องการทราบข้อมูลเพิ่มเติมเกี่ยวกับการทำงานของเรา ได้รับการติดต่อผ่านทางอีเมล์ และเช็คแผนที่เราเรียลไทม์ของลมพิษและอาณานิคมป่าในกรุงเทพมหานคร เรายังมีใน FacebookBackgroundHoneybees, solitary bees, bumblebees, bats, moths and ants are key pollinators, collectively responsible for much of the food that we eat daily; furthermore, it is estimated that fully one-third of all the food plants we eat depend specifically on bees for pollination. In spite of this importance in the global food chain and ecosystem, honeybees, as with many pollinators, around the world have come under threat due to a number of factors including:(a) Foliar sprayed and systemic pesticides use, especially neonicotinoid-based pesticides, resulting in severe nervous and digestive damage (usually fatal). Registered neonicotinoid pesticides in active use in Thailand include: Acetamiprid, Clothianidin, Dinotefuran, Imidacloprid, Thiacloprid and Thiamethoxam.(b) Increased use of GMO crops (esp. BT crops, such as cotton, corn and papaya), resulting in nervous tissue damage and memory impairment, leading to disorientation and eventually death.(c) Habitat and biodiversity loss, resulting in significant competition for food resources and nest sites between native honeybees and the more aggressive imported European honeybees (Apis mellifera).(d) Increased prevalence of large-scale monoculture cropping systems, resulting in poor nutritional diversity and diet-related stress/diseases, and eventually either swarming or colony collapse.(e) Various pests and diseases due to stress (weather conditions, pollution, poor husbandry techniques, etc.).(f) Extermination of valuable feral swarms in urban areas, usually due to ignorance (of their critical ecosystemic and species genetic value) and fear (of being stung), rather than requesting that swarms be removed properly and relocated elsewhere.As an indicator of the importance of healthybee colonies in the provision of critical pollination services, 60,000-120,000 European honeybees are required to pollinate just one acre (4,000m2) of fruit trees per day. On the other hand, some 250-750 bumblebees are required to pollinate the same area of fruit trees per day (however, it should be noted that bumblebees form much smaller colonies and exhibit vastly different pollination habits to honeybees). Unfortunately, the figures for Asian honeybees (Apis cerana), the focal species for this initiative, are as yet unknown.Urban beekeeping: Urban beekeeping is becoming an increasingly common activity amongst city-dwellers that (a) wish to take part in global efforts to save honeybees and ensure the perpetuation of their critical pollination services, (b) are interested in knowing the source of their honey and are concerned about contamination and food miles, and (c) wish to learn about animal husbandry irrespective of whether they reside in small houses, condominiums or shared accommodation.Urban beekeeping is becoming a growing trend around the world: Paris Opera House (Paris), Bank of England (London), New York rooftops (US), Hong Kong rooftops, etc. Much of the success of urban beekeeping is related to three factors: (a) cities usually have many more flowers over the course of the year than rural areas, resulting in an abundance of food for honeybees throughout the year, (b) cities usually have very little neonicotinoid pesticides in use, resulting in little to no chance of colony collapses, and (c) there are many more places for bees to form nests in cities (holes in trees, inside roofs, between walls, even inside your postbox, inside old boxes and tires, etc.).Asian honeybee: The Asian honeybee (Apis cerana) is native to South and Southeast Asia, sharing the range with the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) and Dwarf honeybee / Red dwarf honeybee (Apis florea), besides several other smaller communal and solitary bees, and bumblebees; however, the Asian honeybee is the only one to make comparatively larger quantities of honey and wax and is generally very docile, making husbandry relatively easy. The Asian honeybee makes medium-sized colonies in multi-comb nests usually in tree hollows and human structures, with complex thermo-regulation mechanisms to maintain the nest’s temperature and humidity within a very narrow band. The home-range (the distance from the nest that the worker bees harvest pollen) is only 1-2km.Of particular interest to commercial honeybee operations and customers alike in South and Southeast Asia should be the fact that Asian honeybees are also not affected by Varroa jacobsoni mites or Nosema ceranae that are often fatal in European honeybee colonies (meaning that it is generally much easier to have organic honey from Asian honeybees here in Thailand than from European honeybees).Honeybees, solitary bees, bumblebees, bats, moths and ants are key pollinators, collectively responsible for much of the food that we eat daily; furthermore, it is estimated that fully one-third of all the food plants we eat depend specifically on bees for pollination. In spite of this importance in the global food chain and ecosystem, honeybees, as with many pollinators, around the world have come under threat due to a number of factors including:Honeybees, solitary bees, bumblebees, bats, moths and ants are key pollinators, collectively responsible for much of the food that we eat daily; furthermore, it is estimated that fully one-third of all the food plants we eat depend specifically on bees for pollination. In spite of this importance in the global food chain and ecosystem, honeybees, as with many pollinators, around the world have come under threat due to a number of factors including:Foliar sprayed and systemic pesticides use, especially neonicotinoid-based pesticides, resulting in severe nervous and digestive damage (usually fatal). Registered neonicotinoid pesticides in active use in Thailand include: Acetamiprid, Clothianidin, Dinotefuran, Imidacloprid, Thiacloprid and Thiamethoxam.Increased use of GMO crops (esp. BT crops, such as cotton, corn and papaya), resulting in nervous tissue damage and memory impairment, leading to disorientation and eventually death.Habitat and biodiversity loss, resulting in significant competition for food resources and nest sites between native honeybees and the more aggressive imported European honeybees (Apis mellifera).Increased prevalence of large-scale monoculture cropping systems, resulting in poor nutritional diversity and diet-related stress/diseases, and eventually either swarming or colony collapse.Various pests and diseases due to stress (weather conditions, pollution, poor husbandry techniques, etc.).Extermination of valuable feral swarms in urban areas, usually due to ignorance (of their critical ecosystemic and species genetic value) and fear (of being stung), rather than requesting that swarms be removed properly and relocated elsewhere.As an indicator of the importance of healthybee colonies in the provision of critical pollination services, 60,000-120,000 European honeybees are required to pollinate just one acre (4,000m2) of fruit trees per day. On the other hand, some 250-750 bumblebees are required to pollinate the same area of fruit trees per day (however, it should be noted that bumblebees form much smaller colonies and exhibit vastly different pollination habits to honeybees). Unfortunately, the figures for Asian honeybees (Apis cerana), the focal species for this initiative, are as yet unknown.Urban beekeepingUrban beekeeping is becoming an increasingly common activity amongst city-dwellers that (a) wish to take part in global efforts to save honeybees and ensure the perpetuation of their critical pollination services, (b) are interested in knowing the source of their honey and are concerned about contamination and food miles, and (c) wish to learn about animal husbandry irrespective of whether they reside in small houses, condominiums or shared accommodation.Urban beekeeping is becoming a growing trend around the world: Paris Opera House (Paris), Bank of England (London), New York rooftops (US), Hong Kong rooftops, etc. Much of the success of urban beekeeping is related to three factors:Cities usually have many more flowers over the course of the year than rural areas, resulting in an abundance of food for honeybees throughout the year,Cities usually have very little neonicotinoid pesticides in use, resulting in little to no chance of colony collapses, andThere are many more places for bees to form nests in cities (holes in trees, inside roofs, between walls, even inside your postbox, inside old boxes and tires, etc.).Asian honeybeeThe Asian honeybee (Apis cerana) is native to South and Southeast Asia, sharing the range with the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) and Dwarf honeybee / Red dwarf honeybee (Apis florea), besides several other smaller communal and solitary bees, and bumblebees; however, the Asian honeybee is the only one to make comparatively larger quantities of honey and wax and is generally very docile, making husbandry relatively easy. The Asian honeybee makes medium-sized colonies in multi-comb nests usually in tree hollows and human structures, with complex thermo-regulation mechanisms to maintain the nest’s temperature and humidity within a very narrow band. The home-range (the distance from the nest that the worker bees harvest pollen) is only 1-2km.Of particular interest to commercial honeybee operations and customers alike in South and Southeast Asia should be the fact that Asian honeybees are also not affected by Varroa jacobsoni mites or Nosema ceranae that are often fatal in European honeybee colonies (meaning that it is generally much easier to have organic honey from Asian honeybees here in Thailand than from European honeybees).Learn more about our work by getting in touch via email and check out our realtime map o
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