The buzz about bees
Nantucket Independent
Did you know that one third of the human diet would disappear without honeybee pollination? Or, that bees fly approximately 12 to 20 miles an hour and forager bees must collect nectar from 2 million flowers to produce a single pound of hone...
Haagen-Dazs Extends Social Media Effort
Advertising Age
Haagen-Dazs is extending its "Help the Honey Bees" social media campaign based on its initial success that generated 13 million impressions. The company had originally targeted 1 million impressions for the effort , which ran Aug. 4 through...
Rural Report for Tues 10th November
Newstalk ZB
A new plant guide is launched tomorrow, aimed at saving honey bees by planting trees. Federated Farmers spokesman John Hartnell says the number of bees is decreasing. He says farmers in particular must do their best to turn that trend aroun...
Photo of the Day: A New Hope (For Bees)
Voiceof San Diego
It was a tough task choosing a photo for Rebecca Tolin's story today about the UCSD researchers studying the unprecedented dissapearance of honey bees. This photo didn't make the cut -- partly because of the cheap tilted angle and party bec...
The Haagen-Dazs Brand and ExperienceProject.com Unveil Results of ...
Forbes
com (EP), the world's largest online community for sharing life experiences, today announced the results of the first-phase of their joint Help The Honey Bees social media campaign. Based on initial success, The Haagen-Dazs brand is extendi...
Beekeeper has 40-year fascination with bees
Kansas City Star
His fascination with bees began about 40 years ago and is a much-loved hobby today. “I dabbled with beekeeping starting in the second grade and have done it off and on throughout my life,” said Hughes. “Honey bees are great social insects a...
Island initiative to rear queen bees could help global bee population ...
the Royal Gazette
It could decimate hives here and so there is going to have to be a whole new way of keeping bees now on the Island." The varroa destructor is a parasitic mite that attacks honey bees, causing the varroatosis disease. The mites attach themse...
Drivers bee-ware after B.C. honey-bee hauler ditches his load
Edmonton Sun
GRINDROD, B.C. — When it comes to the flight of the bumble bee, this was less of a flight and more of a blast off. As many as 3,000 hives, loaded with honey bees, were hurled into a ditch southeast of Salmon Arm, B.C., when the truck haulin...
Wolf Honey Farm visits with Monday Morning Club
AG Week
... mission of Wolf’s honey farm is to produce a quality, natural and wholesome food, provide education about the health benefits of honey and encourage public awareness to protect the habitat for bees and butterflies. Wolf Honey Farm honey...
Beekeeper feels financial sting after truck accident
Globe and Mail
And the mishap, like a similar crash in New Brunswick last year, highlights the phenomenon of travelling honey bees, which routinely cross provincial boundaries on pollination tours of duty worth millions of dollars. “The value just to Albe...
Tweet for the bees
Grist
So here’s an easy way to show your love for the bees this week: tweet! Through a campaign called Help the Honey Bees (#HelpHoneyBees), Haagen-Dazs is raising funds and awareness. As part of the campaign, from now through November 11, the co...
Nicotine Is No Good for Honeybees, Either
The Daily Green
Beekeepers have been meeting with representatives of pesticide companies in an effort to refocus how new pesticides are tested for harm to honey bees. Registration requirements for most new chemicals don’t require those tests to determine t...
How to Keep Bees
Associated Content
Another consideration in learning how to keep bees is when to start and to introduce bees to your beehive. There is no fixed time to do this, but it is ... straining the honeycomb to produce clear honey. A honey extractor make the task cons...
