Sentence examples for managed hives from inspiring English sources

Visitation rates of honeybees were also more frequent in the vicinity of managed hives.

Nationwide, the number of managed hives has dropped from 4.5 million hives in 1984 to 2.7 million hives today.

Until now this has to some extent been done by the local bee population in trees but it is more efficient with managed hives.

While honeybees may be less efficient in pollen transfer per unit visit, where they numerically outweigh other types of bees in a crop (e.g. around managed hives) this may not be important.

Half the UK's honey bees kept in managed hives have gone, wild honey bees are close to extinction and solitary bees are declining in more than half the place they have been studied.

Our findings indicate that agricultural industries that currently rely on pollination by A. mellifera should ensure that intensive land use is complemented by untilled areas in the form of conservation land, or farm dams and scattered trees in fields, to support wild pollinators that may act as insurance against further future losses of managed hives.

"Now, occasionally you'll get a swarm from a managed hive that will establish a colony," he said.

"The key to success in this project is to empower local farmers to manage hives and thereby protect their land and supplement their incomes," he says.

He said: "In Victoria there are over a dozen experienced beekeepers who have all been on an intense training course that focuses on the theory and practical training of urban beekeeping, successfully managing hives for nearly two years.

He continues to sell and manage hives to keep his company's operations growing.

Furthermore, trucking in managed honeybee hives did not replace wild pollination when that was lost, but only added to the pollination that took place.