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Dr. Apis

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Dec 16, 2018, 9:42 PM UTC

Phages against American Foulbrood?

Year after year, millions and millions of honey bees face one of their biggest enemies. One that eats them from inside out. It targets the youngest and most defenseless in the hive. It lasts until th…

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Dec 14, 2018, 5:38 AM UTC

Dear Dr Apis friend

This has been a great year at drapis.com. Not only did we create a custom labeling service for all our products, as once again, we expanded our product range. Currently summing 5 distinct product lin…

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Dec 10, 2018, 3:20 AM UTC

Our Dream

DrApis is a cross between traditional, time proven, apiculture techniques and sustainable beekeeping. High grade, truly raw, unprocessed, natural products. And the most stubborn resistance to chemica…

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Jul 18, 2018, 10:52 PM UTC

Monocultures and the honey bee

Intensified beekeeping explores the biological potential of the species to the limit. It pushes the colony’s genome to it’s maximum, to produce the most honey, in the shortest amount of time possible…

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Jul 17, 2018, 3:13 PM UTC

Swarming honey bee colony

https://youtu.be/EwJ153ulj0Q Observe how the swarming colony tries to encapsulate the queen honey bee (pointed out with the key). Meanwhile, scouts look for suitable nests. At the moment, there was a…

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Jul 16, 2018, 6:11 AM UTC

Quercus suber

This is a young cork tree. Can you see how fluffy? It's flowering season. The video below shows how pollen clouds form as you shake it a little. https://youtu.be/ei_4OYlU8Tc - -- - - --- -- - - -- -…

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Jul 14, 2018, 12:31 PM UTC

Trifolium nigrescens

- -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Part of our Alentejo's wildflower collection. Trifolium nigrescens, the small white clover, is an annual species which is widespread around the M…

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Jul 14, 2018, 12:01 PM UTC

Raphanus raphanistrum

- -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Part of our Alentejo's wildflower collection. The rununculus, or wild radish also known as white charlock or jointed charlock, is a flowering pla…

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Jul 14, 2018, 4:01 AM UTC

Lavandula stoechas

https://youtu.be/1ROEz0TuuKw - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Part of our Alentejo's wildflower collection. One of our bees' source of nectar. Lavandula stoechas, the Spanish lav…

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Dr. Apis
@drapis Jul 14, 2018, 3:13 AM UTC

Cistus ladanifer

https://youtu.be/jZvPXKpb8iU - -- - - --- -- - - -- - - ----- -- - - ---- - - - -- Honey bee (Apis mellifera iberiensis) harvesting a gum rockrose. Part of our Alentejo's wildflower collection. One o…

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