Namibia: Registration of Bee Projects

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Africa | Posted on 26-02-2009

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Beekeepers in the Kavango Region should register their projects so that they can be provided with the necessary support and assistance on beekeeping.

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Young People Urged to go into Beekeeping

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Latin America | Posted on 26-02-2009

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Young people in St. Elizabeth are being urged to get into beekeeping, to satisfy the huge local and international demand for honey and other bee by-products.

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Mobile version of Apinews

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Announcements | Posted on 26-02-2009

Apinews has now become mobile aware.  If you browse Apinews with a common mobile browser (including ones from mobile phones like Nokia, Sony Ericsson and iPhone), you will get a mobile adapted version of Apinews.

Be aware though, that the pages Apinews links to will be regular non-mobile pages.

Answer to bee crisis: amateur beekeepers?

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Diseases and pesticides, North America | Posted on 23-02-2009

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Beekeeping has been dubbed “farming for intellectuals.” The layered hives, the sociology of the insects and their intriguing life patterns have long provided an obsession for anyone disposed to backyard science.

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Cartersville apiarist traces ancestors’ interest in beekeeping back to 1488

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 23-02-2009

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Since childhood, Victor Halbgewachs knew the practice of beekeeping was in his genes, but he never imagined it dated back 14 generations.

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Get a natural buzz from organic honey drinks

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America, Products | Posted on 21-02-2009

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Organic honey sounds like the ideal sidekick for tea or a foil for a sore throat. Turns out, it’s pretty decent as a drink, too.

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Colony Collapse Disorder Showing Up Again in East Coast Hives

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Diseases and pesticides, North America | Posted on 20-02-2009

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Early reports of a healthy bee population for the California almond pollination were overly optimistic. The situation has worsened dramatically.

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Tanzania: ‘Stone-Age’ Tribe Going for Honey

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Africa | Posted on 19-02-2009

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The hunter-gatherer Hadzabe tribe, who subsist on honey and other foodstuffs from the wild, will be assisted in the production of honey.

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Iowa implements new rule to protect bee colonies

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Diseases and pesticides, North America | Posted on 19-02-2009

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The Iowa Secretary of Agriculture says worldwide reports of Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), where whole hives of bees just disappear, is alarming for Iowa where bees are vital to the state’s agricultural productivity.

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Beekeeper charged over honey poisoning

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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Australia, NZ, Oceania, Health | Posted on 18-02-2009

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A beekeeper has been charged with selling food unfit for human consumption after his toxic honey allegedly caused convulsions and violent seizures.

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