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Bees are turning the sticky-sweet secretions of spotted lanternflies into honey—and some people love the smoky-smelling stuff
Ever since they first arrived in America in 2014, invasive spotted lanternflies have been making their presence known. Native ...
The Sunshine State’s warm winter temperatures keep the bees active, allowing them to continue to forage. So-called “migratory beekeepers” rely on this three-month sojourn to build up their colonies’ ...
While my original “bible on honey” was penned fifteen years ago at Tahoe, a newly revised second edition of the #1 hit, is ...
You know honeybees make honey, but did you know they make bread too? And four other types of bees are also dedicated chefs! Alfalfa leafcutting bees take a punch from a flower for your ice cream. Blue ...
Honey bees, Apis mellifera (A. mellifera), have become synonymous with pollination. Yet, they are not native to North America. European colonists introduced them and are now managed at industrial ...
Honey from stingless bees contains large amounts of a unique sugar that’s not a major component of any other food, according to researchers. It has a range of health benefits, from preventing tooth ...
The varroa mite may be tiny — only a millimetre or two long — but it poses a huge threat to honey bees, beekeepers and honey ...
Honey isn't vegan and many vegans take issue with the tactics that industrial farmers use to feed and subdue bees.
There are seven species of Apis honey bee in the world, all of them native to Asia, Europe, and Africa. Apis mellifera, the western honey bee, is the species recognized globally as “the honey bee.” ...
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