July 17, 2006

Honey, it shrinks the pain

Posted by eivindm @ 8:16 pm
Health

“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.

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The vanishing of the honey bee

Posted by eivindm @ 3:42 pm

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.

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USA: Firefighters learn to fight killer bees

Posted by eivindm @ 3:31 pm
North America

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

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July 16, 2006

Norway: Unrealistic to get rid of “pærebrann”

Posted by eivindm @ 11:51 pm
Norway Pest and diseases

Scientist Lars Sekse thinks it is unrealistic to think it is possible to get rid of “pærebrann”

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Norway: New finding of AFB

Posted by eivindm @ 11:37 pm
Norway Pest and diseases

There have been found AFB in 12 hives in Østfold.


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