After the Honey Bee Health Coalition partnered with them, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA) is releasing a new set of best management practices (BMPs) in order to protect honey bees and similar pollinators around and in cornfields. As a row crop, field corn, at over 90 million acres, covers more soil in this country…
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As a way of helping commercial and hobbyist beekeepers track the many environmental stressors honey bees experience, Penn State’s Pollinator Research Center and the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, as well as several other collaborators, developed an app called Beescape, which can be used for monitoring environmental factors around hives, farms, and gardens where…
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If you’re one of those folks who plans to eat more salads in the future but ultimately buys too much dressing for the one time you end up eating salad before it goes bad, then we feel for you, because we have been there a time or two ourselves. Rather than worrying about using up…
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Last year, when former President Barack Obama visited a luxury lodge called The Landing, which can be found in New Zealand’s Bay of Islands, the man was completely enthralled. “It is magical here,” Obama wrote in his guest book entry, promising he would bring Michelle the next time he came. The thousand-acre waterfront land has…
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While they’re largely known for producing honey in general as well as painful stings when they’re threatened, honey bees are starting to become known for a few other things as well—royal jelly, bee pollen, and the New Zealand-based Manuka honey. Before you find yourself missing out, you need to try these products and reap all…
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If you’ve never done it before, making your own appetizers before friends and family arrive on the scene can be a daunting experience. Maybe a dozen questions keep running through your head—did I make the right choice? Am I capable of making this recipe properly? Will they like it? Who am I kidding? It’s also…
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Finally, the cold weather is gone, and we can start planning our down time around the list of fun activities we want to do outside (or at least aspire to). However, nothing sucks the fun out of the outdoors faster than head colds and allergies. Though you have your decongestants, antihistamines, eye drops, and nasal…
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If you’re in need of a healthy snack you actually enjoy, then you need to check out this recipe for homemade Manuka honey fig bars! Beyond the simple joy of making your kitchen smell amazing, these revamped fig bars are full of fiber and are without all the preservatives you can expect from store-bought fig…
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