Save the date: Better-B public event on 23 Oct 2025

Our next public event will take place on 23 Oct 2025 in Marchamalo, Spain and online.

Join us to learn about our novel tool for food resources, get ideas for dealing with climate change in beekeeping and complete a practical training on traps for the invasive species Vespa velutina and small hive beetle.

For more information and to register, please visit our event page; stay tuned, more details will be announced in due course.

Better-B public event around the corner - 12 June 2025, 15h30

Our next Better-B public event is just around the corner: Join us online for our upcoming Better B public event where we’ll be sharing the insights from the 2024 report of our Citizen Science Food Sharing Study. Discover what we’ve learned from this collaborative research effort and how it’s shaping our understanding of pollinator food sharing.

You’ll also get an exclusive introduction to our Varroa online tool—a novel digital resource designed to support beekeepers in monitoring and managing Varroa infestations more effectively.

The event will conclude with a panel discussion featuring our speakers, other researchers, and community members, offering diverse perspectives and sparking thought-provoking dialogue.

We look forward to seeing you there, please register online!

Effect of coatings radiative properties on the temperature of a Dadant hive, news from the CoActions team

The Better-B CoActions team is just back from the congrés de la Société Francais de Thermique (Chambery, 3-6 June 2025). The poster provides information about the effects of the radiation properties of coatings on the temperature of a Dadant hive from their poster and see them in action.

Public event agenda now available!

We are pleased to share that the full agenda for our public event on 12 June is now available on its page

Citizen science study on food sharing of pollinators - beeplants.eu now available in ten languages!

We are pleased to announce that you can now contribute to our Citizen science study on food sharing of pollinators in ten languages! The previously available languages Danish, Dutch, English, French, Latvian, and Norwegian have now been complemented by Italian, Polish, Spanish and Swedish. The German, Greek and Portuguese versions are in progress.

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