One of the delights of summer is that we have more justification for eating that frozen delight called ice cream. While there is nothing wrong with store-bought ice cream, making it yourself always seems to add a bit more satisfaction to every spoonful. This particular ice cream recipe can be made even better with the…
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You know how excited we get when the next generation is positively introduced into the world of honey bees. That being said, Thomas Jefferson High School in Pennsylvania will have something very new and interesting for its students. The high school just announced it will be adding a new apiary that will feature about 60,000…
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The drive to cash in on the honey craze has been taken too far too often by some honey providers. In the case of Evergreen Life and company manager Tak Yoon Lee, it meant some extremely heavy fines. According to reports, the company was fined $260,000 and Lee himself was fined an additional $112,500. Trying…
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The human of any cat will tell you who really runs the show. We serve at their pleasure, not the other way around. As such, it can be a bit of a trick to find treats and food out of the norm that will not be snubbed by a finicky feline. These treats, however, seem…
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Colony collapse disorder has proven to be a significant challenge for beekeepers all over the world, but France appears to be getting hit especially hard. Over the last two weeks, we have seen reports throughout the United States of massive losses over this past winter, and now France is adding to the numbers. Continued Problems…
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There may not be a single crop in existence that is more reliant on the honey bee than the almond. Without honey bees, almonds simply do not exist. Currently, honey bees serve as the sole pollinator for almond growers. However, the industry that relies on honey bees the most may be contributing to the slow…
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For some reason, people around the globe are infatuated with the everyday happenings of the Royals. Now that Meghan Markle is among them, her life choices are being dissected and tried by the masses. Among those habits is Markle’s daily dose of Manaka honey, which she gets via an acai bowl she eats almost every…
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Over the last two years or so, the beekeeping movement had been getting considerable press about the plight of bees. Between pesticides, the varroa mite, and weather issues, beekeepers are seeing far more loss than they have ever seen. However, there is a silver lining in all of this in that more and more people…
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