“There is no way I would let anyone treating me or my loved ones put anything except honey on our wounds,” says Dr Shona Blair, a post-doctoral microbiology researcher at the University of Sydney. Studies shows that honey has anti bacterial effects, but the effectiveness can vary hundredfolds between different types of honey.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Misc | Posted on 17-07-2006
Tags: ccd, colony collapse disorder
Here is an interesting article about the declining of the honey bee and how that will affect the food production. Since much of the food producing industry is highly dependent on the pollinating done by the honey bee, this should be interesting reading for all people, not just beekeepers.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 17-07-2006
Tags: africanized honey bees, ahb, usa
Equipped with firefighting chemical foam and a beekeeper’s suit, with its goofy pith helmet and mesh veil, firefighters are ready to fight killer bees
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Diseases and pesticides, Norway | Posted on 16-07-2006
Tags: norway
Scientist Lars Sekse thinks it is unrealistic to think it is possible to get rid of “pærebrann”
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Diseases and pesticides, Norway | Posted on 16-07-2006
Tags: afb, american foul brood, norway
There have been found AFB in 12 hives in Østfold.






