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Virginia lost one-third of its bee population last winter
ReporterDisappearing bees. It's a problem that's baffled scientists for years. In the 1970's, Virginia had nearly 90,000 beehives. Now, that number has dwindled to less than 30,000, according to the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. ...Tags: Science and Technology, Agricultural Research and Technology
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South Bend may allow urban hives
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- First birds, now bees. On the heels of a new backyard chicken law, Common Council member Tim Scott, D-District 2, has introduced an ordinance amending the city code as it relates to beekeeping. The ordinance, which has been referred to...Tags: Safety of Citizens, Allergies, New York City, Politics, Government
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READER SUBMITTED: Documentary Film Screening And Discussion:"The Queen Of The Sun: What Are The Bees Telling Us?"
EnfieldVisit the Enfield Public Library on Wednesday, May 22 at 7 p.m. for, "The Queen of the Sun: What Are the Bees Telling Us?" a documentary film screening and discussion presented by the Enfield Garden Club, sponsored by The Friends of the Enfield Library,...Tags: Arts and Culture, Libraries
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Tri-county organization promotes honeybee awareness, education
Our Town CorrespondentAs a beekeeper, 70-year-old Ted Kaminski of Hastings thrives on observing and learning about the behavior of honeybees. “I think it’s the adventure of housing a wild creature, taking care of them, the biology of the honeybee and how...Tags: Conservation, Environmental Issues, Viral Diseases and Infections, Harrisburg (Dauphin, Pennsylvania), Science and Technology
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Carroll class abuzz with potential beekeepers
Many reasons — scientific, philosophical, practical and otherwise — draw people each spring to the Carroll County Beekeepers Association's annual Beekeeping Basics class, part of Carroll Community College's Continuing Education Series....
Tags: Science and Technology, Viral Diseases and Infections, Colleges and Universities, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland)
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Beekeeper Keith Green turned a hobby into a business
The Winchester SunBeekeeper Keith Green thinks he might be on to something. Green isn’t using commercial-bred bee queens or medicating them. It could be a reason why he’s having one of the best honey years he’s had. Or it could just be the weather. He&...Tags: Sports, Lifestyle and Leisure, Hobbies, Bobsleigh
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Bee Fans Try To Get Los Angeles To Allow Hives In Residential Areas
Los Angeles TimesLOS ANGELES -- Rob McFarland was in his florally vivacious backyard, tending his vegetable plot, when he noticed some honeybees buzzing around a tree. A few minutes later some bees had become tens of thousands. "The sky was sort of darkened out," he...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Documentary (genre), YouTube, Honey, Bill Rosendahl
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It's a sweet season for honey
Los Angeles TimesRoxana Jullapat, the pastry chef at Cooks County restaurant in West Hollywood, drizzles a spoonful of amber honey over a piece of honey-fig-walnut cake with roasted figs and burnt-honey ice cream. The honey she uses for the dessert, according to her menu,...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Coffee, Lifestyle and Leisure, Honey, Restaurants
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Lavender at the 45th Parallel: lavender fields take root at Boyne City farm
The fields of lavender at Lavender Hill Farms began as food for honeybees. Linda Longworth and her husband, Roy, were looking to keep farmland along Horton Bay Road near Boyne City intact, and to support Linda's hobby of beekeeping. She had also...
Tags: Fine Artists, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Shortbread, Artists
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New interactive website helps avoid pesticide drift problems
PIERRE - A new online mapping tool is available for agricultural producers in South Dakota who grow crops and livestock that are particularly sensitive to pesticide drift, such as organic production areas and vineyards. The tool is intended for...Tags: Science and Technology, Agriculture, Agricultural Research and Technology
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Talking hives and honey with CT beekeepers
Two-hundred seventy-three million, one-hundred fifty thousand. That, give or take a few million, is the number of legally registered honeybees in the state of Connecticut. And it may not be enough, although new beekeeping enthusiasts like Fairfield's...
Tags: The New York Times, Science and Technology, Manhattan (New York City), New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), PBS (tv network)
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In Howard, a growing buzz over beekeeping
After spying a small praying mantis perched on a slightly spent bee-balm plant, Leslie Englehart tried twice to cup it in her hand, but the slender green insect bounded artfully, and frustratingly, out of view. "Ross, can you get it?" she asked her...
Tags: Mount Airy, Howard County
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