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3/4 of the world's food crops depend on pollinators such as bees - yet over 40% of 🐝🐝🐝🐝🐝 face extinction.
Apimondia joins @FAO to celebrate #WorldBeeDay and the diversity of bees and beekeeping systems.
#BeeEngaged #SaveTheBees
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Apimondia and @BeesForDev are raising funds to help beekeeping associations in Ukraine to help re-establish apiaries, restore environments and begin to rebuild apicultural livelihoods post conflict.
➡️bit.ly/3NOLQ1V
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Honey is one of the high-end foods that is often subjected to food fraud, typically by adding sweeteners or thinning agents. Honey can also be the vehicle for other illegal ingredients marketed as supplements.
Read our statement on #honey fraud
🍯bit.ly/3LdKaOg
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Read our new post at : blog.honeypricebook.com/2021…
How Did The Pandemic Affect The Production And Sale Of Honey?
In many countries the production and care of hives was carried out normally during the pandemic...
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Did you know bees have 5 eyes?
The two large compound eyes at the side of the head are used for picking up shapes and colours, whilst three small eyes on the top of the head ('ocelli') are for navigation and orientation.
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Did you know?
Bees 🐝 construct their honeycomb with hexagonal tiles to maximize efficiency. Constructing these tiles take less time and energy and produce stronger and more compact storage.
#beeboxes #savethebees #beefacts #honeybees
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New Episode! "2021 Holiday Special with Kim, Kirsten, Jim & Jeff (S4, E27)"
Happy Holidays Everybody! Come on along and listen in to Jeff and Kim and Kirsten and Jim when they get together around th…
Player links & show notes: beekeepingtodaypodcast.com/2…
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Happy Winter Solstice!
"What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness." — John Steinbeck
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We are aiming at increasing and improving the quality of honey in the county.
We have so far trained on how to use modern beekeeping methods and safety skills and provided resources to 35 common interest groups and improved 709 Langstroth beehives to beekeepers in Kilifi.
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Marta is a widow with 7 children and says that producing honey will also help increase the income of the family, as they are farmers
This beekeeping project to mitigate human-elephant conflicts is being implemented in three communities in the Bicuar National Park, Huila
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📷 Foundationless honey frame 🍯 Bees are dangling to make honeycombs 🐝🐝🐝 #beekeeping #bees #honeycomb #melbourbe #melbournebeeremover #ekkybee #nofilter (at Melbourne, Victoria, Australia)... tmblr.co/ZTO-sTbEDfSFqy00
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LEARN BEEKEEPING:
'Always wanted to keep Honey Bees or learn more about them? In the Ottawa area, register for the March session of my popular course: Introduction to Backyard Beekeeping, @ Heritage College: cegep-heritage.qc.ca/conted/…
and you can have your own Honey by June.
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BBKA Education Committee has published updated syllabi for exams and reading lists for each module rather than one sheet for all. #bees #beekeeping #exams bbka.org.uk/exam-board-news
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A reminder of warmer times - BBKA stand at RHS Tatton Flower Show 2021 was awarded a gold medal. Mark and Andrea Philipson, from North Cheshire branch, worked in extreme heat and humidity to produce the displays on the RHS theme of Love. #bees #beekeeping
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The Benefits Of Beekeeping
Beekeeping produces a number of benefits:Pollination of flowering plants, wild or cultivated, is essential for life to continue on earth….
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Discover why orchid bees have hollow legs. Incredible Insects No. 6: youtu.be/0ihcLwxV15E
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The UK government may be about to approve the use of a controversial bee-killing pesticide, wildlife groups fear.
Campaigners claim that if the authorisation does go ahead, it could be in breach of the recently passed Environment Act.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Climate change could severely affect bees, making them more likely to suffer from varroa says study #bees #beekeeping #research coventrytelegraph.net/news/u…
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The western #honeybee originated in Asia, not Africa, say genetics researchers. newscientist.com/article/230…































