While your family’s dog is likely to go through life with minimal health issues, the unexpected will happen. For instance, when dogs receive a cut or a wound, they have an increased risk for developing an infection. One infection to look out for in particular, pyoderma, is a bacterial skin infection that is fairly common…
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As long as Manuka honey has been on the market, there has been the issue of authenticity, with fake products being pushed into consumers’ hands alongside the genuine ones. While Manuka honey originates from New Zealand, products claiming to be the real deal could have been made thousands of miles away. Because of this, industry…
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Mead, an alcoholic drink made by fermenting water and honey, is the one of the oldest known beverages out there, and it is largely shrouded in legend and myth. After tales of Greek gods and Viking heroes from Norse legends consuming the drink by the barrel, mead is now seeing a rise in sales in…
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There are few desserts better than a classic bowl of ice cream. While the stuff you find at the store is pretty delicious, there’s something special about homemade ice cream. Whether you use a hand-crank or an electric ice cream maker, the work put into making this dessert produces ice cream with a far richer,…
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Having horses is one of the more fulfilling experiences people can have, from the love and trust they offer to the companionship they embark on with you if you do the same. Along with feeding, grooming, trimming hooves, and caring for horses in general, ownership also comes with the responsibility of providing veterinary care, including…
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After 11 completed seasons and a 12th ongoing one, the U.S. musical competition show The Voice is still the raging success it’s been since it premiered, growing and likely even swiping the momentum of American Idol, the show that began the popular musical trend in the early 2000s. The show’s celebrity judges, from Adam Levine,…
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Honeybee populations around the world are struggling to maintain themselves against the threats that would see them decimated. While those threats typically consist of pesticides, diseases, lack of food, or colony collapse disorder (CCD), an unusual threat is emerging against the honeybees of Whanganui, New Zealand. And that threat is turning out to be people…
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Most people you run into try in at least some way to stay healthy through exercise and eating foods that benefit their bodies more than harm them. When it comes to different forms of pain management, there are those who do the same—consume foods that benefit them. While prescription medication is the ideal solution for…
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Manuka honey, with its value and popularity among consumers, is often stolen by those seeking to illegally profit from it. This happens if it’s in the form of stolen honeybee hives, which is very common in New Zealand, where the Manuka bush originates. It also happens in the form of jars taken right off the…
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Over the past few decades, New Zealand’s Manuka bush has gone from a disregarded weed to be destroyed on sight to one of the most effective honey-producing plants, building a market unmatched by most other specialty foods. As Manuka honey grows in popularity, so does the focus on protecting honeybees and the number of honey…
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The sugar glider, which can be described as a small, nocturnal, marsupial gliding possum—very much like a flying squirrel but from a different lineage—has been growing in popularity as an exotic pet. And as with all exotic pets, sugar gliders should be approached with a grain of salt when it comes to care. Potential owners…
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The United States, like most countries, largely relies on pollination to grow its food supply, and the most famous of our pollinators is the European honeybee. The funny thing is, for all their importance in feeding Americans, there are no American honeybees. Every species of honeybee, whether a European, Italian, African, or Asian variety, originated…
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For many of us, skin care is an important part of our daily routine, especially after the horror of pimples and puberty that afflicted us all in our younger days. For Australian model Shanina Shaik, looking her best is part of her job and one she takes seriously, with skin care equally as important as…
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Beekeepers around the world have their hands full keeping their honeybee hives healthy and active, especially given the threat of colony collapse disorder (CCD), loss of food sources, pathogens, and pest infestations. Thankfully, proactive efforts are being made on all sides to help these apiarists better monitor their hives. Hivemind, a New Zealand-based “smart hive”…
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As summer approaches, so do honeybee swarms. During this time of year, hives that have grown unsustainably large gather up a new queen and split in half, forcing the new hive of honeybees to relocate and move in a cluster of thousands. While this sight may strike fear into people, the bees are, surprisingly, very calm…
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