In Minnesota, a new law was passed stating how solar panel sites could provide suitable habitats for pollinators, but in the process this law also led to commercial beekeepers and solar companies working together for mutual benefit. When Governor Mark Dayton signed into law the Pollinator Friendly Solar Act last year, the legislation specified voluntary…
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With Manuka honey still as popular as it ever was – and New Zealand beekeepers earning considerably more compared to business before the Manuka explosion – thievery has become a growing problem for the industry, with thieves showing incredible skill in their criminal acts. In one recent case in Hawke’s Bay, New Zealand, a local…
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In case you’re looking for a recipe that doesn’t use any added sugar but still tastes as good as the real thing, this old WWII-era recipe—from a time when rations on food, including sugar, were still in full effect—just happens to be the perfect fit. Relying on honey and applesauce, both of which are often…
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For those who have decided to raise goats, the most important things to do first are ensure they have access to water, the right kind of food, adequate, humane living space, along with similar accommodations. Once those essential needs are taken care of, however, the next step is protecting the goats’ health in order to…
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While not everyone is versed in the specifics of how honeybees develop from larvae into full grown adult bees, most do know that royal jelly is what turns a larva into a queen bee rather than a simple worker bee. However, a recently published study took that knowledge even further and discovered there is actually…
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With the increased interest being shown toward honeybees and the general decline of their numbers in recent years, it’s becoming moderately common to hear about individuals and even businesses, especially restaurants, taking up beekeeping. These efforts are usually made to both help honeybees and harvest any honey the bees themselves can live without. Whether it’s…
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It’s not uncommon to glance inside your pantry and wonder about anything that’s not in a can, questioning how long you have before it goes bad and has to be thrown out. Whether it’s a jar of jam, a tub a peanut butter, or the dried seeds saved from last year’s garden, questions of longevity…
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For New Franklin, Ohio beekeeper Emily Mueller, who is currently waiting to give birth to her fourth and final child, honeybees are a huge part of her life – from caring for at least nine beehives and selling the honey they produce to running a bee rescue service for bee swarms that must be extracted…
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It can be hard to find desserts that aren’t overwhelming or “too” unhealthy. For those who continue to struggle to find suitable desserts, this banana coconut chocolate tart is a great place to start! Lacking any artificial ingredients or added sugar, this recipe instead uses Manuka honey to provide a rich, sweetened flavor alongside ingredients…
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Everyone knows what a hamster is—some of us may even have one as a pet or did once—but few have likely heard of a specific breed called Chinese striped hamsters or simply striped hamsters. A striped hamster, Latin name Cricetus griseus, isn’t technically dwarf-sized, but it is the same size as other similarly small hamsters.…
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Several weeks ago, the U.S. celebrated National Honeybee Day to bring awareness to the ongoing issue surrounding honeybees and their consistently declining numbers every year. While the Department of Agriculture did release a report detailing a subtle increase in national honeybee populations – a potential positive side effect of the intense focus placed on bees…
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When a beehive grows too large for one queen to handle, the hive will create a new queen via royal jelly, and the population will split roughly in half, with one half taking the new queen and leaving to form a new colony elsewhere. This fairly vulnerable collection of honeybees is called a swarm, often…
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Known for being half of the famous comedy team Key and Peele, Keegan-Michael Key has spent the last 19 years thriving in the realm of sketch comedy, living up to the legacy left standing after fellow comedian Dave Chappelle left the spotlight. However, like his comedy partner, Jordan Peele, whose directorial debut Get Out met…
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Honeybees and similar pollinators all over the world are facing many dangerous fronts when it comes to their survival—pesticides, malnutrition, diseases, pathogens, lack of habitat, and so forth. The honeybee populations of some countries have more geographically specific problems, such as those within the United Kingdom. The issue for the UK’s honeybees involves an invading…
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When it comes to good seafood, there are fewer things better than cooked shrimp whether it’s served with cocktail sauce or cooked on top of a white sauce pizza. For those who have dinner ideas in mind that are just shy of complete, see if you can add these Manuka honey sriracha shrimp to the…
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