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Export of honey from India expected to rise in 2009-10
With the honey production in the Kashmir valley showing considerable surge, the authorities have set the target for honey export for 2009-10 to 250 metric tonnes, an official spokesman said on Sunday. Read More
Gather honey minus stings, in a ‘spacesuit’
The protective gear is the innovation of Nageshwara Charitable Trust (NCT), a Nagpur-based NGO that runs a honey-collection project in the tribal districts of Vidarbha and markets the honey in a venture that has changed the way honey hunters have … Continue reading
Indian scientists use cow urine for better rearing of honeybees
Scientists in Uttarakhand are making use of cow urine to save bees from contacting microbial diseases during the rearing process. Read More
Honey industry stung by traces of antibiotics, lead
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. Read More
Pesticides killing bees in Kumaon, India
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 … Continue reading
India: Every villager collects honey
In the day time, villagers in hordes,move towards the forest with all the apparatus needed to tap honey from the hives. In a night, a family on an average collects 120 litres of honey. Read More
Unseasonal rains ruin wild honey yield in Kerala, India
Unseasonal rains have sharply brought down the yield of wild honey in Kerala’s Wayanad region this year, depriving the hard-pressed tribals of their supplementary income. Read More
Bee sting-new treatment regimen for arthritis, multiple sclerosis
While most of us rush to the doctor if stung by a red coloured wasp, there are others who wait for the bee keeper to remove a live bee from its hive with a pair of tweezers, hold it next … Continue reading
Bees make a beeline for medical institute in India
How would you like getting a bed in one of the best hospitals of the city and a view of a beehive right next to it? Yes, after a serious rat-infestation, now bees have paid a visit to the Rajendra … Continue reading
Mysterious disease kills honeybees in India
Amidst the highly pathogenic H5N1 strain of bird flu virus outbreak in West Bengal districts, the state government may strive again to contain the mysterious ailment that has killed millions of honeybees across the state, especially in Nadia and South … Continue reading
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