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Urban beekeeping generates buzz
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Walking up to the roof of the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C., is not a jaw-dropping experience. Exit the door and you are confronted with a sea of roof tiles and empty space -- there is nothing about this rooftop that ...
Sweet deception: New test distinguishes impure honey from the real thing
May 07, 2009 |
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Here's some sweet news for honey lovers: Researchers in France are reporting development of a simple test for distinguishing 100 percent natural honeys from adulterated or impure versions that they say are ...
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Building a base for honeybees
Sep 15, 2009 |
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On a recent muggy morning, Tammy Horn used a smoker to puff aromatic drafts into wooden beehives beneath a locust tree, then carefully removed the top of a hive.
Colonies in collapse: What's causing massive honeybee die-offs?
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Nov 12, 2008 |
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“To the bee, a flower is a fountain of life, and to the flower, a bee is a messenger of love,” wrote poet Kahlil Gibran. Whether or not love is involved in the exchange, the evolutionary dance between pollen-transporting ...
Saving our bees: Ecologists assess the impact of people on pollinators
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Aug 04, 2008 |
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Most of the world's plant species rely on animals to transfer their pollen to other plants. The undisputed queen of these animal pollinators is the bee, made up of about 30,000 species worldwide, whose daily flights aid in ...
Bee keepers across U.S. suffering losses
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Apr 24, 2007 |
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Beekeepers across the United States are noticing a large loss in hives from year to year and it is being attributed to colony collapse disorder.
Researchers Decipher The Buzzing Of Bees
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Mar 06, 2007 |
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Everyone has heard of the canary in the coal mine, which sways or drops dead in the presence of poisonous gas, alerting miners to get out. Now a University of Montana research team has learned to understand ...
Probing Question: What's killing the honey bees?
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Mar 01, 2007 |
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Far away from the snowdrifts outside our windows, spring is unfolding in California as the almond trees begin to bloom. Missing from the party are millions of honey bees typically trucked in to pollinate the ...
Beekeepers Work Hard For The Honey
Jul 25, 2006 |
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Van Morrison sang about it, Peter Fonda starred in a movie about it, and people from all over the world will pay top dollar just to get some of it. It's tupelo honey, a honey so distinct, light and smooth that people describe ...
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