After years of struggling to market its products, the Uganda Honey Exporters Association has finally won government support.
Pakistan is exporting honey to the Gulf states and other countries after attaining self-sufficiency in production of honeybee.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Misc, North America | Posted on 20-01-2007
Tags: accident
A man who tried to keep bees off his property accidentally set fire to his house instead, causing at least $500 damage.
Dr. Tanya Pankiw, Texas Agricultural Experiment Station assistant professor, has been awarded the 2006 National Research Initiative Discovery Award.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Misc, North America | Posted on 10-01-2007
Tags: africanized honey bees, ahb, louisiana, new orleans, usa
Another headache for survivors of Hurricane Katrina in flood-damaged St. Bernard Parish: killer bees.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Australia, NZ, Oceania, Diseases and pesticides | Posted on 08-01-2007
Tags: new zealand, varroa
A decision on the future of the varroa eradication programme is expected to be made later this month, following the discovery of another infected hive in the Nelson region.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Biology, Diseases and pesticides | Posted on 06-01-2007
Tags: queens, virus
The first evidence that viruses can be transmitted vertically from mother queens to their offspring in honey bee colonies has been discovered by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.
A breakfast of toast and honey is the ideal New Year’s Day hangover cure, according to the Royal Society of Chemistry.






