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Monthly Archives: March 2008
Greenwich High student wins science competition
Eliza McNitt, a Greenwich High School junior, captured top honors at the 45th Connecticut Junior Science and Humanities Symposium for an original research project that traced the migration of pesticides through the production of southwestern Connecticut honey. Read more
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Proposed legislation could hurt agriculture in New Zealand
Farmers, horticulturists and beekeepers are extremely concerned about proposed legislation that will threaten the billion dollar agricultural industry, they say. Read more
As prices increase, so do bee hive thefts
Third-generation beekeeper Roscoe Hall spent the last year fretting over a disease that’s inexplicably caused thousands of his industrious insects to abandon their colonies. Read more
Bees to help sniff out quality wine
Scientists at the Queensland Brain Institute are using bees’ noses to help develop a machine that can smell the difference between a good and a bad wine. Read more
Bee Pollen – A Budget Friendly Food for Health and Healing
Bee pollen is often referred to as nature’s most complete food. Pollen harvested from a diverse selection of geographic areas contains all the essential components of life in a good tasting, chewable, easily digested, and highly bio-available form that can … Continue reading
Beekeepers in UK demand £8m for research into treatment against devastating viruses
Beekeepers have warned that most of the country’s honey bees could be wiped out by disease in 10 years unless an urgent research programme is launched to find new treatments and drugs. They are to launch a nationwide campaign, including … Continue reading
Honey holds promise in Fiji
Honey farmers are being urged to increase their production to meet the local demand. Read more
Diseases could wipe out honeybees by 2018 in UK
Most of Britain’s honeybees could be wiped out by disease in 10 years, costing the economy £165 million a year, experts warned yesterday. Read more
Public school gets new bee garden
A San Francisco school will acquire the city’s first bee garden on a public school campus when fourth- through eighth-graders come together this morning to help create the garden. Read more
New Tax Incentives in the U.S. For Beekeepers is Good for Orchards
The senate almost unanimously passed a bill making it cheaper for honey beekeepers to operate. This is good news for local orchards. Read more
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