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Before honey ever reaches American breakfasts, it often comes into contact with dangerous additives — and the FDA isn’t doing much about it

What could be more pure and natural than honey, nature’s golden sweetener? Plenty, according to a recent investigation from Food more »

Pollination by insects is called entomophily. Entomophily is a form of pollination whereby pollen is distributed by insects, particularly bees, Lepidoptera (e.g. butterflies and moths), flies and beetles. Note that honey bees will pollinate many plant species that are not native to areas where more »

Thanks to a joint investigation from academics and the Department of Homeland Security, the culprit in the Case of the Honeybee Killer has been found.

Over the last four years, 20 to 40 percent of the honeybee colonies in the U.S. have mysteriously collapsed. The killer has remained more »

Facts on Honey and Cinnamon

January 25, 2009
posted by smabusybee

It is found that a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most diseases. Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today also accept honey as a ‘Ram Ban’ (very effective) medicine or all kinds of diseases.


Honey can be more »

Local Honey, Health and Allergies

January 24, 2009
posted by BizzyBee

As one who makes his living by writing about allergies and asthma I am often asked about the potential health benefits of using local honey.


Honey contains bits and pieces of pollen and honey, and as an immune system booster, it is quite powerful. I have often more »

Africanized Honeybees

January 24, 2009
posted by BizzyBee

An Africanized honeybee is a honeybee hybrid strain, originated in Brazil, that is a cross-breed between a European honeybee and an African honeybee subspecies, apis mellifera scutellata, a.m. adonsonii, or a.m. intermissa.  The Africanized honeybee, called the more »

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