Below is a list of resources compiled by Honey Bee Watch on the topics of free-living (aka "wild" or "feral") honey bees, sustainable beekeeping, natural/bee-centric beekeeping, treatment-free beekeeping, and more.
If you have any recommended references or sources, please email us at ambeessadors@gmail.com.
Spearheaded by Drs. Przemysław Nawrocki and Thomas Seeley, and resulting from the Learning from the Bees conference (Berlin, 2019), it outlines urgent next steps for the well-being of wild Apis mellifera.
Arising from the Apis Silvatica conference (Pantelleria, IT, 2022), and led by Dr. Paolo Fontana, it is an appeal to protect all free-living Apis mellifera colonies and to encourage their rewilding.
Honey bee conservation and rewilding through habitat creation, education, and advocacy
In Poland and Belarus, tree-beekeeping has been recognized as a UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage
Short film about Matt Somerville (Bee Kind Hives, UK), loghives, and the need for more research on and protections for free-living honey bees
Director (Project): Steve Rogenstein
Director (Science): Arrigo Moro
Director: Keith Browne
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