Beekeeping in Nigeria..

Features: Beekeeping as manna for Nigeria
Vanguard - Apapa,Lagos,Nigeria
... who appreciate the healing virtues of bee therapy ... two products, in beekeeping you could get honey, propolis and ... the good health which the beekeeper derives from ...

"Leatherwood Honey" just has to get a link.

Beekeepers abuzz over 11th-hour action
The Mercury - Tasmania,Australia
Save Our Leatherwood Honey president Bob Davey said beekeepers had just received a letter "at the 11th hour" from Forests Minister Bryan Green promising to ...

Bee education, bee shortages, and AHB..

Extension helps hive wranglers
Columbia Daily Tribune - Columbia,MO,USA
... of 22 apiarists participating in the Beginning Beekeeper's Class ... association's President Art Gelder explained bee biology, exhibited ... The honey they produce ...


Bee shortage worsening with expanding almond plantings
Enterprise-Record - Chico,CA,USA
It's easy to take a buzzing insect for granted, but for the California almond industry, those fuzzy, busy bees are vital to a good nut harvest. ...


Killer bees join list of hazards of Florida living
Dateline Alabama - Birmingham,AL,USA
As if hurricanes, roaches, sea lice and insurance bills weren't bad enough, Floridians can add a new menace to their list of worries. Killer bees are here. ...



Africanised bees stir buzz in Anchorville
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
Already responsible for the death of a donkey and serious injury to an elderly woman, Africanised bees have taken over a section of Anchorville, Port Mourant ...



Angry bees attack walkers
Hermanus Times - Hermanus,South Africa
... the cliff path last week took a nasty turn when a Hermanus resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, and his daughter were attacked by a swarm of angry bees. ...

The bad with the good...

Class teaches the A-Bee-C's of beekeeping
Charlotte Observer - Charlotte,NC,USA
...garden is doing really great, you can probably thank your local beekeeper.".... During the nectar flow, a single bee makes one-12th teaspoon of honey in her ...


Killer bees are on the way; UF/IFAS hosting workshop for willing ...
Newszap Florida - FL,USA
In preparation for the onslaught of Africanized Honey Bees to the area, formerly dubbed "killer bees," the University of Florida/IFAS Extension is hosting ...


Bees kill donkey, leave elderly woman battling for her life
Stabroek News - Georgetown,Guyana
An elderly woman of Port Mourant, Berbice is battling for her life after a swarm of Africanized bees stung her while she was picking flowers in her yard last ...

Honey Queen selected in my home state.

Berlage Named 2006 Wisconsin Honey Queen
Wisconsin Ag Connection - Marshfield,WI,USA
Wisconsin's newly crowned Honey Queen is from Hayward. Laura Berlage, who was selected for the position during the Wisconsin Honey ...


Md. beekeepers in demand as mites put sting on bee population
Delmarva Daily Times - MD,USA
... Her husband's grandfather was a beekeeper, something she knew ... But in an effort to boost bee populations, Maryland ... enjoyed 50 pounds of fresh honey this season. ...



Honey prices nosedive as supply exceeds demand
Financial Express - Bombay,India
MUMBAI, JAN 22: Domestic honey prices in India have dropped precipitously last year in the major honey producing states as the supply has far exceeded the ...

The mite problem.

Bees in peril
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
Apistan, which cannot be applied during honey flows...research leader at the USDA Bee Biology and ... Larry Knowlden, beekeeper hobbyist from Taylorsville, checks on ...

Bees can filter pollution ?

This really is a buzz story
Virginian Pilot - Norfolk,VA,USA
... Bee's can filter out city pollution, including exhaust fumes, according to the beekeepers association, and tests of Parisian honey have declared it to be safe ...


Central Valley almond growers expect bees back
Central Valley Business Times - Stockton,CA,USA
Brownish-orange bumps on the backs of these bees are Varroa jacobsoni mites. (Photo by Lila De Guzman, USDA). The vigor of California's ...

Some disturbing news about virus transmission.

Bees may transmit viruses to offspring
United Press International - USA
... transmission and outbreaks. In the study, feces and tissue of individual queen bees were tested for viral presence. All tissue forms ...

Bees give working day a real buzz
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... a communications company boss in Paris, is literally a hive of activity these days: alongside the usual assortment of junior executives are up to 80,000 bees. ...

Honey tasting at Palazzo Rospigliosi
Wanted in Rome - Italy
Around 22 different types of honey will be available at a free tasting at Palazzo Rospigliosi on Fri 20 Jan. Judges of the competition ...

City bees healthier!

Bees reared in cities 'healthier'
BBC News - UK
Bees reared in cities are healthier and more productive than their country cousins, a study by French beekeepers' association Unaf has found. ...


Ark. workers trained for Africanized bees
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
The presence of the bees - known popularly as "killer bees," but not nearly as deadly as that name implies - was confirmed in Miller and Lafayette counties ...

Lots of flowers and trees, not enough birds and bees
EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
... as the number of birds, bees, and other pollen transporters declines around the world, competition for their attention is becoming increasingly fierce for ...

Honey, we are going to the US
Wodonga Border Mail - Albury,New South Wales,Australia
COROWA honey makers Jodie and Steven Goldsworthy will showcase their product at a major US trade show next week in the hope of entering the US market. ...

A honey weight loss diet!

Taste of honey to make winter diet more palatable
Scotsman - United Kingdom
... Basically it promises you can lose weight while you sleep. Oh and that you shouldn't exercise much but you should eat late and eat a lot of honey....

Beginning beekeeping classes at library
News-Leader.com- Springfield,MO,USA
31 and Feb. 7 at the Library Center, 4653 S. Campbell Ave. Anyone interested in bees is welcome to attend.The class is designed ...

Killer Bee Threat A Possibility In Southwest Arkansas
Today's THV - Little Rock,AR,USA
The threat of Africanized honeybees, or killer bees, is expected to spread northward in Arkansas from the southwestern corner of the state so in effort to ...

Beekeepers,as well as bees, are in demand
Kinston Free Press - Kinston,NC,USA
Beekeeper Melley Swaney recently presented a talk about keeping bees at a Golden "K" Kiwanis Club meeting.Swaney has been a longtime professional in the art of ...

Hives and honey
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... of beekeeping. Participants will observe a beehive in action and sample some honey -- courtesy, of course, of the bees. Other highlights ...

A good, informative piece, and honey news from Pakistan.

Bees in your backyard
Poughkeepsie Journal - Poughkeepsie,NY,USA
... They live in colonies,with all the bees acting as a whole organism, rearing their young and producing honey to continue their survival. ...

Pakistan now self-reliant in honey
Daily Times, Pakistan - Jan 14, 2006
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has attained self-sufficiency in honey production and is now able to export prime quality produce at competitive price in the open global ...

Africanized Honey Bees in Florida.

Killer bees set up shop in Florida
Palm Beach Post - Palm Beach,FL,USA
Killer bees are here. And they're going to change your life. ... The bees are so similar in appearance that it takes a DNA test to tell them apart. ...