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11-year-old gets beekeeping grant

That bees can fly at all is something of a mystery. From an aerodynamic standpoint, they simply shouldn’t. Read More

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Concern over varroa funding in New Zealand

Farmers and beekeepers say they are worried the Government will “desert” beekeepers and look to farmers to help pay for controls on the spread of varroa mites. Read More

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Varroa controls maintained for another year in New Zealand

The Government has approved bringing forward varroa funding to maintain North and South Island movement control lines until July 2009, Biosecurity Minister Jim Anderton said today. Read More

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Ontario funding takes sting out of beekeepers’ losses

After local beekeepers felt the sting of devastating hive losses last winter, news of $3 million in provincial funding to help them recover is pretty sweet. Read more

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Bee Researcher At Arizona State University Is 1 Of 20 New Pew Scholars In The Biomedical Sciences

Gro Amdam, an assistant professor in Arizona State University’s School of Life Sciences who heads social insect studies in laboratories at both ASU and the Norwegian University of Life Sciences’ Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, is one of only … Continue reading

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Ontario beekeepers to seek financial aid

Beekeepers in Ontario are gearing up to ask the provincial government for financial aid after unusually high losses of honeybees over the winter that they figure have already cost them more than $5-million. Read more

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Hamlin beekeeper testifies at hearing

In a Capitol Hill hearing Thursday, the chairman of a key House agriculture subcommittee promised to help the nation’s beekeepers and farmers find the cause of a massive die-off of honey bees over the past year. Read more

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Bee researchers call for cash to study mysterious disorder

Researchers trying to figure out what is causing honeybees across the nation to disappear from their hives need two things along with their expertise – time and money. Read more

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Fund’s honey of a buy

The Cullen Fund has become a substantial shareholder in honey products maker Comvita. Read more

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Govt plans financial assistance for honey farmers in India

The Government is planning to promote the honey production in the country through financial assistance to people engaged in bee-keeping and setting up of testing laboratories to improve its quality. Read more

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