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"Inside the Better-B hive" video series

Knock-powered real-time monitoring at the WUR apiaries

Finding the signature of resilient beehives, through automatic non-invasive measures

Can beekeepers use hive temperature as an indicator of their health?

Video contributions

Nos laboratórios da Universidade de Coimbra estudam-se as abelhas: porquê? (in Portguese)

  • SIC Notícias
  • 20 May 2023
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Bzzz: Abelhas em Declínio? (in Portuguese)

  • Bíosfera, Rádio e Televisão de Portugal
  • 11 May 2023
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Caractéristique thermique des ruches (In French, English subtitles)

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Tools

Better-B Varroa Tool

  • Designed to help beekeepers across Europe choose the most effective local treatments for Varroa mite infestations.
  • To the Varroa tool

Citizen science

Better-B Food Sharing Study

Publications

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De Graaf, D. C.
The Better-B Project Aims to Restore the Resilience of Honey Bees.
Bee World 1–3 (2024). doi:10.1080/0005772X.2024.2344922. Archive: UGent
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Moity-Maizi, P. & Dupleix-Marchal, A.
Se préparer pour se dévoiler aux abeilles.
Revue d’anthropologie des connaissances 18, (2024). doi:10.4000/11r9l. Archive: HAL
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Public Deliverables

1.
Capela, N.
Better-B Deliverable D1.3 – Resource quality and forage selection.
(2025). https://www.better-b.eu/members/repository/Public/Better-B_D1.3.pdf.
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Ruffio, E.
Better-B Deliverable D3.6 – Hygrothermal model of empty hives.
(2025). https://www.better-b.eu/members/repository/Public/Better-B_D3.6.pdf.
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Williams, J. H.
Better-B Deliverable D7.1 – Targeted Interviews.
(2024). https://www.better-b.eu/members/repository/Public/Better-B_D7.1.pdf.
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Project publications

Third Newsletter

Second Newsletter

First Newsletter

Better-B project introduction flyer

Better-B has received funding from the European Union, the Swiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) and UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the UK government's Horizon Europe funding guarantee (grant number 10068544).

Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union, European Research Executive Agency (REA), SERI or UKRI. Neither the European Union nor the granting authorities can be held responsible for them.

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