Beekeepers in South Australia are seeing less than 10 per cent of their annual honey production this season as drought strips ...
It takes the bees a few hours in the morning to orient themselves to their new surroundings, where they might stay for two weeks for nectar honey, or two months for silver fir honey. The creatures ...
Today the humble honey bee provides us with a significant proportion of the food that we eat, all thanks to its action as a pollinating insect. And a large proportion of the world’s food supply ...
And honeybees need the nectar and pollen they collect whilst pollinating to feed the honey bee population and to get them through winter." ...
While most adults can eat honey without problems ... botulinum is so common in our environment, researchers believe that bees pick it up on their way to the hive, where they produce honey.
Thanks to a combination of efforts by beekeepers, better farming practices and reduced pesticide use, populations are showing ...
Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes ...
Since bees gather the honey from within only a few miles of their hives, beekeepers are able to influence where and upon what the bees feed and the final style and flavour the honey will have.
IN this modest pamphlet the author has given to entomologists an original, trustworthy, and excellently illustrated account of the structure of the honey bee, and another instance has been ...
The value and quantity of Alberta-produced honey declined in 2024. Last year, natural honey produced in the province was worth $100 million. In 2024, it was worth just $75 million. The StatsCan ...