Eva Crane Trust
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A grant giving Trust, aiming to advance the understanding of bees and beekeeping.
Can honey bees be "vaccinated" against disease? 🐝 Prof. Dr. Yahya Al Naggar of King Khalid University is exploring immune priming as a new way to protect bees from Nosema infection, with funding from the ECT. Read more:
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17 days ago
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The Eva Crane Trust is delighted to support this research
@unishefplayer.bsky.social
#BeeScience
#Bumblebees
#pollinators
#BeeResearch
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19 days ago
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It's good to share!
#Fridayfeeling
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29 days ago
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Dr M Shantal Rodríguez Flores,
@uvigo.bsky.social
shares important findings funded by the ECT: “Living under pressure: Honey bee colonies facing Vespa velutina, Varroa & environmental stress in Galicia (NW Spain)”
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#HoneyBees
#BeeHealth
#Apiculture
#VespaVelutina
#Varroa
#BeeScience
about 1 month ago
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On this day – 12 June 1912 Our founder, Dr Eva Crane, was born. Explore her extraordinary life, work, & travels through our unique archive of images & publications. Listen to ‘In her footsteps…’ as our chairman shares his memories of this remarkable lady. 🐝
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#OnThisDay
#beeHistory
about 1 month ago
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Darren O'Connell
about 2 months ago
Delighted to be awarded an
@evacranetrust.bsky.social
research grant to investigate the role of the microbiome in honey bee health! Our
@ucddublin.bsky.social
team will be using genomic tools to understand how diseases interact with beneficial microbes
#bees
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Supporting Bees, Advancing Knowledge: Our World Bee Day Grant Update - Eva Crane Trust
Happy World Bee Day! It is always great to have an excuse to celebrate all species of bees around the world. We also take pride in supporting and celebrating bee scientists, beekeepers and bee enthusi...
https://www.evacranetrust.org/en/blog/post/supporting-bees-advancing-knowledge-our-world-bee-day-grant-update
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Love bee-themed numismatics? Our collection includes more than 40 bee-related coins, tokens, and medals, spanning from ancient Greece to modern Slovenia. A small insect with a long history in coinage!
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#coincollecting
#numismatics
#BeeCoins
#historyoncoins
#BeeHistory
about 2 months ago
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New case study findings! Dr Roessink and the
@w-u-r.bsky.social
team uncovered some unexpected results while studying Varroa removal efficiency in honeybee colonies housed on old combs versus freshly built combs.
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#beekeeping
#varroa
#beeresearch
#Honeybees
about 2 months ago
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🐝 Supporting Bees, Advancing Knowledge 🌍 This World Bee Day, we’re pleased to celebrate our latest successful grant recipients as we continue supporting bee research, conferences and citizen science projects around the world. Read our latest news update:
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#WorldBeeDay
#Bees
#funding
about 2 months ago
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Busy day, but a great one! With a packed agenda, a strong pool of high-quality projects to review for funding, and our annual review of plans and policies for the new financial year, we still ended the day smiling. A big thank you to everyone who applied — we’ll be in touch soon.
3 months ago
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“Well designed bee hotels have a role to play in helping to support healthy, diverse pollinator populations…” – See our latest case study by Issy Sexton and
@davegoulson.bsky.social
&
@sussex.ac.uk
Image: ecoACTIVE
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#thebigbeehotelexperiment
#bees
#gardens
#citizenscience
3 months ago
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Don’t Delay! The extended deadline for abstract submissions to
#EurBee
11 closes on 31 March!
www.eurbee2026.com
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EurBee11 - 11th European Conference of Apidology7-10 September 2026, Bologna, Italy
https://www.eurbee2026.com/
4 months ago
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Enjoyed a recent presentation - “Apitecture”: On Bees and Built Forms in the Lands of Islam by Prof. Christiane Gruber, founder of Khamseen. Delighted to share images & insights through our website
#Eva’sTravels
#HistoricalCollection
. Could our resources support your research?
#beekeeping
4 months ago
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We continue to showcase innovative research funded by the ECT. Thanks to Dr Thomas O'Shea-Wheller,
@exeter.ac.uk
for sharing insights from his work on leveraging deep learning to quantify honey bee colony foraging activity. 🐝
bit.ly/4buCapk
#AI
#beeresearch
#bees
#foraging
4 months ago
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🚨 Deadline for Grant Applications Approaching! 🚨 Before submitting, please take a moment to read our updated guidelines to ensure your proposal fits our grant-giving criteria. We look forward to seeing your submissions!
bit.ly/2iihD0T
#BeeScience
#beekeeping
#citizenscience
#beebooks
#apiculture
5 months ago
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A beautiful sketch by
@dirleton.bsky.social
of what is indeed a bee house. As recorded in our Bee Boles Register under record 1009.
bit.ly/3SzpkOF
#BeeBoles
#BeeHistory
#beekeeping
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5 months ago
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We continue to expand our portfolio of grant giving activity. Thanks to Dr Gutierrez-Merino
@uniofsurrey.bsky.social
for sharing his results - Unveiling the probiotic bacteria of the honeybee.
bit.ly/4buCapk
#Research
#GrantGiving
#Honeybee
#Probiotics
5 months ago
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Our unique register of
#beeboles
doesn’t just celebrate surviving examples — it also records those sadly lost to time. Rev. Tickner Edwardes bee house at his ‘Bee Masters Cottage’ in Sussex is one example, reminding us of our rich beekeeping heritage.
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#bees
#beekeeping
#BeeHistory
5 months ago
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📅 Save the Date Delighted to be supporting EURBEE11 — the 11th European Conference of Apidology 🐝 📍 Bologna, Italy | 🗓 7–10 September For more details:
bit.ly/45JdiIR
www.eurbee2026.com
#Eurbee
#Eurbee2026
#bees
#Apiculture
6 months ago
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One of our longest collaborations! Huge thanks to Dr Martin Gruber
@unibremen.bsky.social
for sharing insights from his research - See our latest case study on ethnographic research with humans and honeybees
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#bees
#beekeeping
#ethnology
#apiculture
6 months ago
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‘We live in a troubled world but hope that in our own small way we can at least help improve life for bees and for beekeeping wherever it takes place on our planet’. A new year’s message from our Chairman:
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#bees
#beekeeping
#BeeScience
#apiculture
6 months ago
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We're delighted to announce our latest award recipients as we reflect on a remarkable year of grant giving activity at the Eva Crane Trust.
bit.ly/2lgdJXk
#BeeScience
#bees
#beekeeping
#apiculture
#newyear
7 months ago
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Grant application deadlines announced for 2026 The Eva Crane Trust has now updated its information about grant giving activity for 2026.
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#BeeScience
#apiculture
#citizenscience
#beebooks
#beeresearch
7 months ago
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That’s a wrap on our final Trustees’ meeting of 2025. All grant applicants for our December deadline will be notified of outcomes shortly, with successful projects being announced in the new year.
7 months ago
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"It wasn't the bees I was attracted to at all. I am a scientist and I wanted to know how they worked" Dr Eva Crane. Learn more about this remarkable lady and founder of the Eva Crane Trust.
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#bees
#beeresearch
#beekeeping
#BeeHistory
#apiculture
8 months ago
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A reminder that the deadline for our final round of 2025 grant applications is approaching quickly. Please ensure your application is submitted by 1 December.
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#BeeScience
#beekeeping
#citizenscience
#beebooks
#apiculture
8 months ago
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