The Fungus Among Us: The Bee Disease That Makes Beekeepers Fight! - Exclusive Content.

  MRSA — the antibiotic-resistant staph infection behind some of the hardest-to-treat hospital infections — learned to ignore ampicillin decades ago. A new study paired that old, retired drug with something bees have been making for tens of millions of years. The antibiotic started working again Researchers took propolis, broke it into nanoparticles, and combined it with ampicillin against MR...

  Hello Insiders, In our last episode (the first in our nest selection series), we explored Dr. Thomas Seeley's elegant experiment which proved that honey bee swarms don't actually prefer to travel long distances. But instead, nature makes them do it.    By placing identical nest boxes 20 meters and 400 meters away, he showed that bees in nature simply choose the nearest acceptable cavity, a...

Hello Insiders, As we close out 2025, I wanted to share something special with you — a new episode and a gift that I hope brings a little beauty into your space. 🎬 Episode 1 of the nest selection serie: Early experiments from the 70's. This week's episode (the first one of a new video series about nest selection) explores one of the most elegant experiments in bee biology: Dr. Thomas Seeley's ...