Category Archives: Asia

A banyan tree with world’s largest number of beehives

A million bees have colonized in a single banyan tree in Bangalore. The tree has the world’s largest number of beehives — as many as 600. Read more

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Sunbulah’s Al Shifa honey passes Saudi quality trade mark

Sunbulah’s Al Shifa honey products have received an award recently for obtaining high quality trade mark for more than ten years. Read more

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Honey collected from supermarket shelves

The Consumer Council detected a high amount of level of antibiotics in honey samples from the mainland which were on sale in Macau. Read more

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Swarm of bees briefly halt Sri Lanka-England cricket Test

Sri Lanka – A swarm of bees briefly halted play in the cricket Test between Sri Lanka and England when they flew across Asgiriya Stadium, forcing the players to all lie motionless on the ground. Read more

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Honey bees to bring money for women

Stressing that rearing of honey bees could be a viable source of income, the Agricultural College and Research Institute (ACRI) here has launched a unique training programme for women on producing honey in the backyard or agriculture farms. Read more

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No Buzzing in West Azarbaijan

Honeybees in over 90,000 hives have died in West Azarbaijan province since March, provincial Agricultural Jihad Department announced. Read more

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Ex-teacher to reintroduce bees to Goto Islands

A 71-year-old former high school teacher is determined to haul beehives housing tens of thousands of honeybees into the Goto Islands, a designated national park located west of Sasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture. Read more

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Safety stings China’s honey hives

For two years, Sun Baoli has been trying to clean up the dirty honey business here. He’s been met with nasty stings from bees, but those are nothing compared with the curses and punches from their keepers. Read more

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Bees disappearing in northwest regions of Iran

The Persian daily Iran reported on Monday that the reason for the unprecedented loss of bee colonies in Ardebil, East and West Azarbaijan as well as Kurdestan provinces is still unknown. Read more

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Taiwan mislays millions of honeybees

Taiwan’s beekeepers are reporting the mass disappearance of millions of honeybees, Reuters reports. Read more

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