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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Like many rodents individuals take on as pets, gerbils are fairly durable little animals that, with the right amount of attention and care, are unlikely to ever become sick or ill in their lifetimes. However, as with all animals, there are some diseases and illnesses gerbils can be prone to, and they are ones gerbil…
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Honeybees have proven themselves to be tiny, complex creatures whose patterns of behavior continue to offer insights into more than just the animal kingdom. In addition to their crucial role in our agricultural system as pollinators, they can also produce various beneficial substances human beings have learned to safely extract and use, such as beeswax…
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Recent headlines regarding a U.S. Agriculture Department survey, which stated commercial bee colonies were up from last year whereas lost colonies were down, seemed to indicate positive changes for honeybee populations moving forward and a decline in the effects of colony collapse disorder (CCD). However, even with these positive changes, there are those who aren’t…
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When it comes to fitness and body image, one of the chief components that often comes up no matter the conversation is calories. While counting the calories one consumes in a day—either to build muscle or reduce one’s weight— can be used effectively and safely, this method of measuring one’s health has led to a…
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During this past week, specifically August 19, National Honey Bee Day was welcomed, serving as a chance to educate the general public regarding the various concerns honeybees face in their everyday survival. Such education included the factors influencing the decline of honeybee populations, such as pesticides, lack of habitat and forage, and varroa mites. Officially started…
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