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Nectar's research hub on the practices and trends shaping the commercial beekeeping industry. We regularly publish articles and resources on our team, the product, and the way it's being used across the agricultural field.

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By Maximilian Cherney November 05, 2026

From monitoring mites to understanding what treatments work

How Nectar is making it practical to collect and interpret varroa data—and why you should take the results seriously

In Product 10 min. read

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By Maximilian Cherney November 05, 2026

From monitoring mites to understanding what treatments work

In Product 10 min. read

By Nico Coallier September 25, 2025

Nectar’s Mite Management Protocol

In Research 5 min. read

By Maxime Fraser Franco June 26, 2025

Reflections on the USDA-ARS Study Linking Colony Losses to Viral Infections

In Research 11 min. read

By Maximilian Cherney September 21, 2021

How Low-Touch Beekeeping May Increase Honey Bee Survivorship

In Research 6 min. read

Product

By Tamara Laforest November 21, 2022

How Nectar has the edge over spreadsheets in commercial beekeeping

Inspired by my conversations with beekeepers, I’d like to share insights about the performance of Nectar vs. spreadsheets in managing a commercial beekeeping outfit. In doing so, I hope to convey the many possibilities offered by Nectar.

In Product 6 min. read

By Aaron Toma October 07, 2024

How Beekeepers Leverage Nectar for Fall Varroa Mite Management

This blog explores how different commercial beekeepers are utilizing Nectar's products to assist with their fall varroa management

In Product 5 min. read

By Sam Venis March 07, 2025

The Rise of Digital Beekeeping in Three Waves

From spreadsheets to prescriptive beekeeping

In Product 15 min. read

Research

By Maximilian Cherney September 21, 2021

How Low-Touch Beekeeping May Increase Honey Bee Survivorship

Discover how “low-touch” beekeeping—fewer hive moves, smarter logistics—could reduce queen loss, disease, and winter mortality in commercial operations.

In Research 6 min. read

By Nico Coallier October 06, 2023

Quantifying the Impact of Poor Air Quality on Honeybees and Vegetation's Influence as a Mitigator

In the summer of 2023, the North American hemisphere observed multiple days of extremely poor air quality in urban areas, which were mostly due to intense forest fires in Northern Canada.

In Research 18 min. read

By Nico Coallier April 29, 2025

From short-term profitability to long term sustainability: 2025 Nectar Hive Movement Report

How often you move your hives may be quietly killing them—and your profits. This report reveals the movement thresholds that impact survival and revenue.

In Research 12 min. read

Best practices

By Maximilian Cherney September 21, 2021

How Low-Touch Beekeeping May Increase Honey Bee Survivorship

Discover how “low-touch” beekeeping—fewer hive moves, smarter logistics—could reduce queen loss, disease, and winter mortality in commercial operations.

In Research 6 min. read

By Nico Coallier July 04, 2023

Local or imported queens?

Beekeepers commonly accept that local queens are better adapted to local conditions and will therefore survive and perform better than imported queens. However, few studies have really examined this assumption.

In Best practices 18 min. read

By Aaron Toma October 07, 2024

How Beekeepers Leverage Nectar for Fall Varroa Mite Management

This blog explores how different commercial beekeepers are utilizing Nectar's products to assist with their fall varroa management

In Product 5 min. read

Company

By Maximilian Cherney October 17, 2022

Nectar's Case for a 4.5-Day Work Week

Call it a rethink or a reshuffle; something is changing in the world of work. The tumultuous past few years forced people to question why they work for their employer, and to prioritize their time outside of work. “It feels like we’re living through a reckoning between people and their relationship with work, and how it got to this unhealthy place.

In Company 10 min. read

By Felipe Pinho August 04, 2023

Nectar joins the Beekeeping Today Podcast

The gracious hosts of the Beekeeping Today podcast, Kim Flottum and Jeff Ott, welcomed Nectar's own Nico Coallier and Maximilian Cherney to discuss how our team uses data and artificial intelligence to empower commercial beekeepers to make better decisions and build more profitable businesses.

In Company 1 min. read

By Marc-André Roberge April 18, 2025

Rising Losses Are the New Normal...but Change is Within Reach

The industry faces a dire trend, but it's within its power to bend the curve and thrive, not just survive.

In Company 6 min. read

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