August 31, 2006

Pheromone fun…

Posted by eivindm @ 8:27 pm
North America

Brian Fuentes, an American baseball player, knew how to have some fun with a beekeeper buddy. It included some bee pheromone…

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Researchers looking for better bees for pollination

Posted by eivindm @ 10:18 am
Biology Pollination

Because honeybees that pollinate California’s gigantic almond crop and some other crops have been plagued by disease and poor performance, growers have been looking for a better bee. A company from England thinks it might have found it.

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New large honey factory in New Zealand

Posted by eivindm @ 10:17 am
Australia, NZ, Oceania Business

Despite that the varroa mite has been dominating the beekeeping news in New Zealand lately, a new honey factory with 20 employees and an annual production of up to 250 tonnes of mankua honey is being built in Masterton.

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August 30, 2006

Wild bees make honey bees better pollinators

Posted by eivindm @ 2:25 pm
Behavior Pollination

When honey bees interact with wild native bees, they are up to five times more efficient in pollinating sunflowers than when native bees are not present, according to a new study by a pair of researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, and UC Davis.

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Fruitgrowers support varroa plan in New Zealand

Posted by eivindm @ 10:05 am
Australia, NZ, Oceania Pest and diseases

A plan to rid the upper South Island of the bee parasite varroa under a programme of baiting and poisoning wild bee colonies, has the full support of the region’s horticulturalists.

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Honey draws 100 international researchers to Kota Baharu

Posted by eivindm @ 10:05 am
Health

About 100 medical specialists and researchers have converged here for the First International Conference on the Medicinal Uses of Honey.

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August 29, 2006

Dancing bees help businesses

Posted by eivindm @ 12:05 pm

researchers at Cardiff University have developed an algorithm based on dancing bees to help companies to optimize their business processes.

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August 28, 2006

Sugar free honey project in India

Posted by eivindm @ 2:07 pm
Asia

In an effort to motivate beekeepers to produce sugar-free herbal honey, the government has introduced a new eco-friendly beekeeping system in Himachal Pradesh.

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August 27, 2006

Man dies after 300 stings from Africanized bees

Posted by eivindm @ 10:55 am
Australia, NZ, Oceania

Exterminators have removed a hive containing an estimated quarter-million Africanized bees from a home near Bisbee where a man was fatally stung on Aug. 20.

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Tummy Honey

Posted by eivindm @ 10:49 am
Health Products

A company in Mission Viejo, California now offers a product to treat and prevent stretch marks.

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