“Terrible,” says Baarn beekeeper Frank Moens. “You have to deal with it, but you can’t really do anything about it.” Moens has a number of beehives on Ocrieteiland in the Eem, north of Eembrugge. His people survived the winter well. When the weather is nice they return with legs full of yellow willow pollen. He is happy with that, because regardless of the approaching enemy, honey bees are already having a hard time. The Varoa mite transmits viruses that cause bees to be born deformed and the decline in biodiversity is also a danger to the apiary.
Danger for honey bees in the Eemland: the Asian hornet is inevitably advancing
