Discussion with Jeff and Becky at Beekeeping Today about how studying hive debris can guide better management decisions and deepen understanding of honey bee biology.
The first of four seasonal articles for the BBKA magazine exploring how honey bee debris can be used to inform everyday beekeeping practice. This article considers what hive debris can tell us about colony activity, shares some recent observations from my ongoing work, and concludes with practical tips for beekeepers interested in using a mobile phone camera to study debris at the hive floor.