Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 07-01-2010
U.S. officials say a suspicious material found in a passenger’s bag that triggered a security scare at a California airport on Tuesday actually turned out to be bottles of honey.
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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 20-11-2009
Biologists at UC San Diego have discovered that honeybees can discriminate between food at different temperatures, an ability that may assist bees in locating the warm, sugar-rich nectar or high-protein pollen produced by many flowers.
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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 18-09-2009
University of California researchers have launched a new website that’s all about bees.
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Selenium, a potent toxin, is showing up in alarming concentrations in the pollen and nectar of two plants common in California’s Central Valley, according to a new study.
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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 30-03-2009
Honey production rose by more than one-third in California last year,
even as beekeepers continue battling a mysterious ailment that is
causing millions of honeybees to disappear.
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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America, Pollination | Posted on 04-03-2009
California growers of mandarin oranges are disappointed by a state agency’s proposed regulations that don’t force commercial bee hives to stay away from their groves.
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Posted by eivindm | Posted in Asia, Business, North America | Posted on 31-01-2009
California honey producers are petitioning the government to include honey in so-called “country-of-origin” label requirements so consumers know where the jars of sweet stuff came from.
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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 27-01-2009
In an attempt to end a dispute between California’s beekeepers and citrus growers, the California Department of Food and Agriculture is coming out with rules to help both industries decide where bees should be located.
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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America, Pollination | Posted on 15-01-2009
A local grower responded to the growing debate between California tangerine growers and its nearby beekeepers. Recently, growers near Fresno said the bees have been trespassing, cross-pollinating between the seeded and seedless variety of citrus fruit in nearby orchards.
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Posted by eivindm | Posted in North America | Posted on 13-01-2009
Is it trespassing when bees do what bees do in California’s tangerine groves?
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