The New York State Senate passed legislation (S.6268) to ease regulations on beekeepers and save the state more than $10,000 annually.
Posted by eivindm | Posted on 13-03-2010
Tags: wales
A pioneering village has become a hive of activity after setting itself up as a honeybee sanctuary.
Henllan, in Denbighshire, aims to become a bee-friendly village to give a helping hand to the beleaguered insect.
The varroa mite is emerging as the leading culprit in the death of Ontario honeybees, researchers say.
Posted by eivindm | Posted on 11-03-2010
Tags: usa
Prices were up 50 cents a pound for consumers … but only 2 cents a pound for beekeepers.
The Kentucky House has passed a bill encouraging coal companies to help rebuild honeybee populations by planting vegetation in areas that have been mined.
Ultimately, the Berlin International Film Festival managed to come up with at least one plausible winner, the Turkish-German co-production Bal (Honey) from director Semih Kaplanoglu. Michael Althen reports on a worthy winner at a not-so-worthy festival
Posted by eivindm | Posted on 23-02-2010
Tags: decontamination, radiation
A 15 kGy dose of gamma radiation was found to be sufficient for complete microbial decontamination of honey including spores, thus improving its microbial safety without affecting the quality attributes.
Posted by eivindm | Posted on 23-02-2010
Tags: new york, pesticides, usa
A U.S. District Judge from Manhattan has banned the sale of spirotetramat, a pesticide produced by Bayer CropScience.
Posted by eivindm | Posted on 16-02-2010
Tags: honey market
GIA announces the release of a comprehensive global report on Honey
market. The global market for honey is projected to exceed 1.9 million
tons by the year 2015. This is primarily driven by increasing awareness
levels and health consciousness among the consumers, leading to increasing demand for healthy and natural food products.
Scientists at the University of Queensland’s brain institute have found through the study of honey bees that the brain has an advanced ability to isolate specific odours and recollect smells.












