News about bees and beekeeping from around the world
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The sudden disappearance of honey bees in many parts of the country might be related to pesticide exposure, according to Washington State University entomologist Walter (Steve) Sheppard.
Sales of honey are soaring thanks to its reputation as both a natural sweetener and remedy.
Each Wednesday Dan Daru in Fox 31 attempts to learn a new trade, and provide some information that you can use at the same time. He spent Wednesday working in the bee removal industry.
In light of the recent news reports of widespread honeybee deaths, the U.S. Forest Service’s celebratory opening of a new pollinator exhibit at their National Information Center couldn’t be more timely.
A new set of postage stamps will feature the birds and the bees — and more.
After local beekeepers felt the sting of devastating hive losses last winter, news of $3 million in provincial funding to help them recover is pretty sweet.
Bees have given mankind unique products that scientists have failed to copy. Apart from honey and wax, bees also give something useful to health but human beings have ignored it. It is called propolis. Sometimes called bee glue, propolis is a sticky resin that seeps from the buds of some trees.
Here is a story about how to make propolis soap
For its 50th anniversary celebration the Dutch Gold family is accepting entries from the public to name the original bear.
Gro Amdam, an assistant professor in Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences who heads social insect studies in laboratories at both ASU and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences’ Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, is one of only 20 researchers chosen this year to enter the Trusts’ exclusive rolls as a Pew Scholar in the biomedical sciences.