Guilford County Beekeepers

Honey Laundering

Wally — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 19:23:55 +0000

As beekeepers, honey packers, and importers our challenges seem to grow faster than we can produce honey. The ever-evolving and complex schemes devised to enter honey into our market without paying the U.S. antidumping duty on Chinese honey imports is mind-boggling, to say the least. Our attempt in this article is to shed additional light on the subject, so we are better able to fight this very real threat to our future in the bee business.

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2009 Has the Worst Honey Crop on Record

Wally — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:21:37 +0000

Each October Bee Culture magazine surveys our 100 or so regular honey producer/reporters from all parts of the U.S. By October 10 or so much of the U.S. crop has been harvested, and beekeepers have a pretty good feel for what they will be making, even if some is still in the field. These reporters also subjectively (but with years of experience behind them) rank their crop with values ranging from 1 – very good, to 5 – very bad. (What is very good for a beekeeper in Ohio may be nearly a crop failure for a beekeeper in Florida – it depends on how each runs their business.)

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Presentation: Mainstreaming Honey in Burn and Wound Care

Wally — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 15:17:48 +0000

Honey has been used since the ancient times in wound care. However with the development of highly commercialized modern dressing material and antibiotic therapy, honey has fallen back into the background.

The ever increasing antibiotic-resistant microbial species in recent years has led to interest in rediscovering and re-evaluation the therapeutic use of honey. Article

Obama food policy may mean end of farmers markets, family farms

Wally — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:51:04 +0000

President Barack Obama made some foodies’ hearts melt on the campaign trail by referring to writer Michael Pollan, who has helped spark a revival in local, unprocessed food. But Obama’s push for strict new federal food-safety regulations could drive organic food and farmers markets into the back alleys.

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Registration

Wally — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 18:04:30 +0000

GUILFORD COUNTY BEEKEEPERS BEGINNERS COURSE 2010

NAME_________________________________________________________

ADDRESS(street,city,st.,zip)_______________________________________

PHONE( )_______________E-MAIL_____________________________

______Individual $25.00__________________________________________

_____ Family $30.00 names_______________________________________

_____N. C. Beekeepers Association $15.00

_____Total Check #___________

Additional course books available AFTER registration period is complete

Thank you for your interest in the Guilford County Beekeepers’ 2010 Beginning Beekeepers Course. If you are planning on attending the course, please copy/paste, and print and complete the registration form provided and have the form and your check made payable to “Guilford County Beekeepers” filled out when you arrive.

This will speed up the enrollment process and allow for more teaching time at the first session.

Also,

If you are planning on attending the 2010 Beginning Beekeeping Course, please let us know by e mailing us at iddee@northstate.net or at robertjjacobs@aol.com with your name, and, if attending as a family, the total number of people attending.

This will give us some idea of the seating capacity and materials we will need for the course.

Final moments of bee landing tactics revealed

Wally — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:08:45 +0000

Bee Supply Companies have for years sold a hive stand that had a slanted landing board. When asked why slanted, and why that particular slant, the answer has always been, that’s the way it’s always been. Perhaps there is a better reason.

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HFCS may be harmful when heated

Wally — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:36:01 +0000

Researchers have established the conditions that foster formation of potentially dangerous levels of a toxic substance in the high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) often fed to honey bees.
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Saving the Bees

Wally — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:25:54 +0000

A Major Breakthrough in the fight against the Varroa mite.
A Solid Solution to Colony Collapse.
The Varroa mite has been identified as a major contributing factor in colony collapses around the world. NOD Apiary Products, Canada has developed a new innovative solution to this crisis.

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Urban Beekeeping

Wally — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 14:16:59 +0000

Walking up to the roof of the Fairmont Hotel in Washington, D.C., is not a jaw-dropping experience. Exit the door and you are confronted with a sea of roof tiles and empty space — there is nothing about this rooftop that really captures the eye. But walk around the corner, and you will discover something that a handful of other D.C. rooftops have in common — a faint buzzing.
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Saving the Honeybee

Wally — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:59:09 +0000

A Major Breakthrough in the fight against the Varroa mite.
A Solid Solution to Colony Collapse.
The Varroa mite has been identified as a major contributing factor in colony collapses around the world. NOD Apiary Products, Canada has developed a new innovative solution to this crisis.

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