While great barbecue usually consists of (admittedly delicious) red meat and a fairly mayo-heavy macaroni salad, there are still some healthier options for those who love firing up the grill but want to try something different. For example, this recipe for grilled eggplant with a Manuka honey-lemon drizzle is definitely a safe bet for new…
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For pet owners, integrating new animals into the household can be a tricky situation. While every person’s experience is different, cats can have a harder time learning to live with each other when one comes in as a kitten after the other. Introducing a kitten into any household is a step-by-step process—whether there are other…
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In recent decades, it has become a more common practice that, rather than call an exterminator to get rid of a swarm of honeybees—as you would do with infestations of cockroaches or mice—you call a local beekeeper or the beekeepers association nearest to your area. It’s easy to associate honeybees with similar bugs like the…
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Recently discovered during a northern Italy university workshop on the Etruscans, several beekeeping artifacts, including 2,500-year-old seared honeycombs, were discovered by students. They also found remnants of a one-of-a-kind grapevine honey made by beekeepers who must have travelled via rivers to make it. “The importance of beekeeping in the ancient world is well known through…
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Efforts to conserve honeybee populations are popping up all over the United States from the Northeast to the Southwest. Whether it’s a community planning initiative to be more bee-friendly or a few people using fewer harmful pesticides for their gardens, stories seem to be never-ending regarding the level of awareness people are acquiring for the…
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While rain storms are often welcomed with cheers once summer temperatures climb into the 90s, there are clear consequences when those rains start producing severe flooding. No one has to be told twice how dangerous flood waters can be and how they can uproot entire families, but even small-scale flooding that doesn’t break national news…
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There are plenty of days when we are sitting at home and craving something sweet, but we are either out of everything sweet, cannot make it to the grocery store, or we don’t have enough time to bake anything before having to go somewhere else. Luckily, for those of us who find themselves in this…
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Just like their non-domesticated counterparts, pet rats are known to be durable, hardy creatures, and many go on to live long, healthy lives without having a single major health problem. Even so, rat owners would do well to know what those potential health concerns are, as there are plenty of conditions pet rats are prone…
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