At this point, it is well known that global honeybee populations are in decline, with one survey showing a 44 percent loss of colonies in the US alone. Whether due to parasites, neonicotinoid pesticides, or malnutrition, these losses directly impact people as well, given we rely on honeybees as pollinators, and as a result many…
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As the Manuka honey industry continues to grow in New Zealand and elsewhere, a consistent surplus of beekeepers is becoming more common, and with that many honeybee operations in one finite space, problems are bound to come up. In some cases, those problems have the potential to be dangerous. And that is why truck drivers,…
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Baklava Cookie Cups–Made with Manuka Honey Need an idea for how to use your Manuka honey stores? One way to involves making the sweetest of cookies without adding any sugar—all you need instead is your Manuka honey! These baklava cookie cups take the best flavors of the Greek dessert and make it the size of a…
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It’s not uncommon to hear about specific programs gaining emphasis in public education because of their more practical use in certain areas, such as Spanish or French acquiring programs due to the more likely chance that American students will need those languages over others like Italian or Portuguese, given the US sits sandwiched between two countries…
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In response to the global decline of honeybee populations and those of other pollinators, General Mills, the company that gives us Cheerios and its many kinds, has decided to become part of the solution and do what it can to not just salvage these hurting populations but to nurture them and get them back to…
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Honeybees, like people, have the ability to balance their nutritional needs and know what they need and want at different times, depending on what they’re lacking or carrying a surplus of. For that reason, bees tend to show preference for certain flowers over others, often those allowing for the best adaptation possible or the best…
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Many know about beekeeping as the way in which honey is made available for typical grocery stores or the local farmer’s market—done by those men and women raising and caring for honeybees and gathering surplus honey from the hives to sell on the market, with beekeepers ideally having enough colonies to not affect the bees’ winter…
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It’s hard to imagine what becomes of dogs who are more or less kicked to curb by their owners—not as in it’s difficult to picture, but instead it’s painful to think about pooches who may or may not find a good home to spend the rest of their days in. We’ve all got sad puppy…
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Mushroom Cappuccino Soup with Manuka Honey Mezcal Crème If you’re looking for the recipe experiment that creates rewards worth of any effort and any ounce of worry brought on by atypical ingredients, then you have to hit the grocery store and get to making this Mushroom Cappuccino Soup! With Manuka Honey Mezcal Crème! If the…
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Many would say that without the ability to “google” information, they would be unable to go about their lives as they normally would and would have a seriously hard adjustment period back to their lives before becoming so dependent on the wonder that is Google. From researching, shopping online, looking up recipes or the weather,…
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For as long as we’ve studied them, pathogens still require further understanding for how they affect living creatures at the rates in which they do. Given the rate at which honeybee colonies are collapsing—almost 30 percent annually—and the fact of pathogens being a contributing factor, there has been much research focusing on how exactly pathogens are…
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On the northern end of New Zealand in an economically depressed area, there’s an ongoing planting scheme called Project Manuka in the Northland town of Kaikohe, run by Ministry of Primary Industries official Ben Dalton. And what makes this planting scheme significant lies in its smaller and bigger picture: as a joint venture between Northland College…
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As many likely know or have at least heard, US honeybee populations are declining for more than one reason including pesticides, lack of nutrition, and the spread of diseases through varroa mites and other parasites acting as vectors (like mosquitoes and malaria). In an effort to understand these factors, especially diseases, USDA and university researchers…
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It’s no secret that many veterans who come home from war or combat have trouble adjusting back into civilian life, whether because of a sense of foreignness of being thrown back into relative safety after months or years of hypervigilant survival or because something specifically traumatic happened like the loss of brothers and sisters in…
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Manuka Honey Berry Waffle Sandwich If you’re looking for a fun way to spend breakfast with your kids, nothing will get them more excited than homemade waffles covered with berries and the best syrup they won’t get anywhere else. Even if you don’t have kids, this Manuka Honey Berry Waffle Sandwich is meant to cater to…
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