Due to population increases in many African countries, farmers are expanding their operations and resources to make up for the demand of new bodies. With that, however, comes farmers settling in the natural migration passages of African elephants, who have a tendency to respond to these fields of beans, peas, maize, and cassava in their way…
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When a honeybee hive becomes overcrowded, several eggs within the queen bee’s thousands are provided “royal jelly” to form queen eggs, with the first one to hatch acting as the new queen to a new hive. Once she is bred, half of the original hive flies with the new queen to a new location. At…
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To be contenders for the Olympics, athletes must be driven and dedicated, spending almost the entirety of four years training for several weeks of competition against the rest of the world’s best. Everything they do is designed to improve performance including their diets, which are customized for their sport’s specific requirements. Admittedly, most of us…
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Manuka Honey Ginger Salmon If you’re looking for a healthy main dish for a family dinner one night, one that’s easy to make and rich in a flavorful marinade, then this Manuka Honey Ginger Salmon is the dish you won’t want to write off for a second! With a marinade created from ingredients like ginger,…
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It seems that every day of the year has some type of holiday or subject for celebration, and most areas of interest can name a day of the year belonging to them, whether it’s dogs, pencils, brothers, spinach, LGBT pride, veterans, or days of remembrance for specific events. Just like the other endless topics, honeybees…
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When it comes to preserving honeybee colonies, many beekeepers succeed in fighting off certain threats to bees but struggle with others, and the varroa mite, a parasite and vector for viruses that is believed to be a major cause of colony collapse disorder, has been a consistent threat to honeybees since the late 1980s. While…
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Whether it’s bats, butterflies, birds, or honeybees, pollinators are largely in decline. Honeybees have been studied especially in this regard because the number of factors contributing to collapsed colonies cannot be nailed down by researchers or beekeepers. In the Journal of Economy Entomology, one paper recently focused on just one of these known factors: the…
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With awareness growing for colony collapse disorder (CCD) and declining honeybee populations, the safe assumption would be that great efforts have been made in saving bees and preventing the loss of one of our most important pollinators. However, according to the word of some in the field, the exponential growth in the number of beekeepers…
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With the fear that has come with the Zika virus into the US, many towns are coming up with ways to combat mosquito populations and keep them controlled, since Zika travels in mosquitoes as vectors. Granted, if a specific area hasn’t had much rain, mosquito populations tend to decrease, since they need about ten days’…
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Many are well aware of the important role honeybees play in our lives and in global food production and food security, which is why their decline in the US and on a global scale has alarmed world leaders and ordinary people. It’s set many on the path of increasing bee numbers and cutting down the…
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Apricot, Manuka Honey Glazed Chicken If you need a go-to, relatively easy to make meal for multiple people right around dinner time, this Apricot Manuka Honey Glazed Chicken will certainly do the trick with its wonderful flavor and heavy dose of protein and other essential nutrients. Combining the sweetness warranted by fruits and their natural…
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In the last few years, the popularity of Manuka honey has gone up, and the value of beehives has gone right up with it. Because of that, reported thefts of beehives and their honeybees have gone up as well. In New Zealand, where Manuka flourishes along with beekeepers’ businesses, these thefts are especially prevalent, with…
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Given how much devastation is caused by varroa mites and nosema parasites on honeybee colonies, beekeepers are always looking for new solutions to try and build their bees’ resistance to diseases and other effects garnered by the small but deadly pests. In recent days, a new product has been slowly gathering notice in terms of…
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It’s been well reported that honeybee populations are declining not only in the United States but also around the globe, with the suspected reasons including pathogens, malnutrition, loss of habitat, and, of course, pesticides (or more specifically neonicotinoid pesticides). While it’s been heavily suspected that pesticides are a contributing factor to colony collapse disorder (CCD)…
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Most have heard that within nature, animals can form symbiotic relationships with other animals, plant life, and so forth, with some being commensal, mutualistic, or parasitic. In northern Mozambique, a southern African country across the channel from Madagascar, the village of Mbamba and its surrounding plains is the home to a mutualistic relationship many believed…
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