7:46 am in bees, colony collapse disorder, Food & Health, science, Science & Technology, united kingdom by TreeHugger
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Sara Snow has talked before about
using bee pollen to help fight allergies, and honey also features strongly in folk medicine around the Globe. (The antimicrobial properties of honey are part of the reason we can
still find 3000-year-old honeycomb.) Now researchers are hoping to use honey ...
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10:34 am in bees, botanical, Cars & Transportation, colony collapse disorder, food, idaho, insects, united states by TreeHugger
In the search for solutions to the
ongoing plight of honeybees, both
mainstream bee experts and advocates of
alternative approaches to beekeeping have suggested that the practice of trucking honeybees thousands of miles across country for pollination may be causing undue stress and contributing to colony losses. Whether or not this is the cas...
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11:21 am in bees, botanical, colony collapse disorder, food, united kingdom by TreeHugger
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I've written before about my own
experiences as a failed beekeeper, but beekeeping seems to be on the up among all walks of life—not just beardy expat English TreeHuggers. Earlier today, while I was posting a video of a
lawyer in a fancy Manhattan apartment learning how to keep bees, I also came across a video of a British beauty queen showing off her talents&md...
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8:15 am in bees, botanical, colony collapse disorder, food, united states by TreeHugger
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As part of Discovery's
Bees on the Brink coverage, we wanted to look not just at conventional beekeeping methods, but some of the experimental work going on in the community too.
Many beekeepers and experts, including
leading bee researcher Professor May Berenbaum, are big fans of the conventional Langstroth hive. But others, like
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I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone wear a flack jacket into a bee yard before.
We've already heard about how Beekeeping Without Borders has taken honey bee education to Iraq and beyond. Afghanistan is also benefiting from a concerted effort to promote beekeeping. In fact, if this video is to be believed, beekeeping may be a key tool in eradicating opium poppy farming. With Afghan officials reporting a 15% drop in opium farming this year, some ...Read the full story on TreeHugger
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