When it comes to pollination, plants typically lure pollinators like bees using sweet, sugary nectar and high protein pollen that the plants need to spread to other plants of the same breed. This source of pollination prevents us from having to pollinate plants ourselves by manually performing asexual reproduction. Usually, a plant’s male anther, where pollen…
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When it comes to those who harbor misgivings about honeybees, they often hold grudges due to times when they were stung by aggressive, little flying black-and-yellow insects, who are more often than not lumped under the catchall category of “bees.” However, what many don’t understand is these “bees” may not be bees at all—more specifically,…
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It’s not uncommon to have one phobia that you either find yourself stuck with for the rest of your life or find yourself getting over after much practice and a lot of patience. It could be spiders, heights, snakes, or even the color yellow, but for Blaine, MN city official Dan Hauck, it has always…
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No matter your drink preference, it’s hard to deny that whiskey has grown in popularity in recent years or even decades, from micro-distilling, experimental grains, a revived cocktail culture, and an all-around growing appreciation of the brown spirit. Such facts can be said about US whiskeys as wells as that of Australia and New Zealand…
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Welsh Cakes with Manuka Honey Butter While not exactly a traditional dessert or go-to breakfast choice here in the US, these Welsh Cakes with Manuka Honey Butter are well worth embedding into our traditions—mostly because this buttery, sweet treat has the power to put the scone to shame! Calling for your favorite dried fruits alongside…
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There likely isn’t much that breaks our hearts more than stories about herbivorous, cute animals being hurt or attacked by other animals. And yet at the same time, nothing brings us more joy than hearing about those same wounded animals making full recoveries and turning out just fine in the end. Luckily, that is the…
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While most of us would likely shudder at the idea of working with honeybees and maybe getting stung, Lila Cade, a six-year-old from Carthage, MO (who would more than likely proclaim herself “six and two-thirds”), has no such fears and works with bees every day in her backyard with her father, Ben Cade. Lila, despite…
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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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