Just as we in the states have “college days” where we visit potential schools for our post-secondary educations to get a feel and see where our interests lie, so do New Zealand’s secondary students have “experience days,” with 52 of those students having just received the chance to check out Massey, the number one ranked…
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It takes a tremendous dedication and understanding of craft to work as a beekeeper, especially at the rate Carmen Battavio tends to his charges, which at this point has grown to about 50 hives across ten properties in Chester County Pennsylvania. While a plumber by trade, the ten-year veteran beekeeper is working to inform his…
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While many likely don’t know it, honeybees and every other bee species make various humming noises, rather than just the low buzzing sound people recognize when the bees are flying around foraging for nectar. Those additional sounds can be heard depending on what is happening in or around the hive—for instance, when the hive is…
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Manuka Honey Swirled, Asian Inspired Porridge If you’re looking for a solid meal for breakfast but are also thinking about adding an Asian twist, then this Manuka Honey Swirled, Asian Inspired Porridge was designed just for your taste buds! Adding the rich sweetness of Manuka honey into a rice or quinoa grain (rather than typical oats)…
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In the United States, there have already been some efforts to place limits on pesticides called neonicotinoids, which are believed to the have deadly effects on honeybees and other pollinators, with honeybees specifically having large declines in the last ten years due to a number of likely reasons that include neonicotinoids. Some states have passed…
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In the Tunisia’s capital city of Tunis is the Mediterranean School of Business, a private business school affiliated with South Mediterranean University, whose officials have stated it aspires to be an example for those living in the northern countries of Africa. Within this school is Noomen Lahimer, a professor of economics and entrepreneurship, who encouraged…
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While there are many out there who understand that honeybees are endangered and are currently losing many of their populations globally, there are still those out there who remain uninformed on the growing crisis with honeybees and their continuing rate of decline. There are also those whose first instinct upon finding a swarm (half the…
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The threats honeybees face this day in age are many, and it’s left researchers on the defensive in terms of finding solutions to save bee populations, whether the threat is colony collapse disorder, pathogens, varroa mites, malnutrition, or pesticides. Considering how important honeybees are, any new threat to them is given full weight and the…
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With a popular industry comes heavy competition, and with that industry being called a “gold rush” comes those who want as much as they can get—no matter the cost to others or what laws they break. Veteran beekeepers in Taranaki, New Zealand are experiencing such a problem, as outside beekeepers invade the region with hundreds of…
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Manuka Honey Raspberry Bundt Cake While raspberry season is slowing down, there’s still plenty of berries out there to bake into a delicious cake, and a Manuka Honey Raspberry Bundt Cake is one of the best places to start! As something that can be served as a guilty-pleasure breakfast or a dessert with a scoop of…
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The word ‘Honey’ typically generates thoughts of bees and natural sweet goodness on hot biscuits with warm tea served in the afternoon. However, this unique ingredient can also be used to sweeten your daily beauty routine to provide additional moisture to hair and face for amazing results. You want to ensure that you do the…
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It’s one thing to know about honeybees’ role in our lives—pollinating flowers and the plants that produce our food—as well as their populations declining, but it’s another thing to understand how a honeybee colony’s hive actually works because in its own way, a hive is an organism of sorts, with thousands of individual parts working…
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What many likely don’t know about honey is it takes “two million individual blossoms to produce one pound of honey,” says beekeeper Zac Browning, with each individual honeybee producing 1/12 of a teaspoon in its lifetime. With the planting of more row crops in states like North Dakota, Iowa, and so forth, producing that number…
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The impact the Manuka honey industry has made on New Zealand and the world is hard to believe, considering the Manuka bush was once thought of as some invasive species to be rid of back in the 1950s. It is now considered one of the most valuable niche products out there, with many rural communities…
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It takes a lot of work and dedication to be a beekeeper, especially in Texas—working in sweltering, summer temperatures in a protective beekeeping suit and lifting between 50-90 pounds of honeycomb all day. For former CIA operative turned beekeeper Tara Chapman, she’s proud to be the uncommon woman who works jobs not often filled by…
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