A common exotic tree species introduced in the country about two decades ago as fodder for animals, has been found to have high nectar content.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 21-06-2008
Tags: colorado, denver, usa
A Denver woman said it is unfair city officials ordered her to remove three beehives from her backyard or face a $999 fine and a possible year behind bars.
Bee propolis is a remarkable natural substance collected and produced by honeybees. It is often referred to as a natural antibiotic and has many diverse uses.
Scientists have discovered that there are more bee species than previously thought. In the first global accounting of bee species in over a hundred years, John S. Ascher, a research scientist in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, compiled online species pages and distribution maps for more than 19,200 described bee species, showcasing the diversity of these essential pollinators
Experiments conducted by UNE’s Emeritus Professor Lesley Rogers and Professor Giorgio Vallortigara from the University of Trento, Italy, have revealed an impressive complexity in the way bees store and retrieve their memories of odours.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Asia, Business | Posted on 17-06-2008
Tags: antibiotics, india
India’s flourishing honey industry, based primarily in Punjab, has pressed the panic button after over 90 per cent of export samples were found contaminated with residues of antibiotics and lead.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Diseases and pesticides, North America | Posted on 17-06-2008
Tags: ccd, colony collapse disorder, research, usa
Washington State University scientists and Pacific Northwest beekeepers are joining forces to discover what is causing the mysterious colony collapse disorder wiping out thousands of hives throughout the region in recent years.
Posted by eivindm | Posted in Asia | Posted on 16-06-2008
Tags: india, pesticides
It is a potential source of foreign exchange. Apis dorsata, a wild variety of bee found in the mid hills of Kumaon and the only producer of organic honey in the region is now getting wiped out fast, thanks to an extensive use of chemical insecticides by hill farmers.
Honey has replaced marmalade on the nation’s breakfast table after health gurus labelled the ancient taste a superfood.
The contentious debate about why insects evolved to put the interests of the colony over the individual has been re-ignited by new research from the University of Leeds, showing that they do so to increase the chances that their genes will be passed on.
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