It?s true that honeybees aren?t native to the United States. Honeybees are considered a 'cultivated' species. There are over 4,000 species of bees native to the United States such as bumble, digger, leafcutter, polyester, mason, carpenter and sweat bees. There are no common names for most species so they are only known by their scientific names.

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Puerto Princesa city mayor Edward Hagedorn warned the public against the proliferation of the so-called ?green honey? supposively taken from the deep jungles of Palawan. According to Hagedorn, the so-called ?Palawan Green Honey? is being promoted and sold to cure certain types of illnesses in Metro Manila and other cities in the country. ?There is no such thing as green honey,? Hagedorn told reporters during the Usapang Daungan sa Danarra hotel in Quezon City. Hagedorn said the green honey is actually a synthetic sugar mix with food coloring and has no medicinal or nutritional value.

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'Bees for Development', a UK-based organisation that provides training and information to groups involved in bee-keeping. The training was delivered as part of the Government of Malawi's women empowerment programme, and funded by the Secretariat's Special Advisory Services Division.

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Farmers are facing a shortage of bees to pollinate their food crops and are working with beekeepers to develop an emergency plan. Many crops, such as fruit and vegetables, rely heavily on free pollination by wild European honey bees.

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The Southern Oregon Beekeepers Association will host a one-day 'bee school' Saturday at the Southern Oregon Research and Extension Center, 569 Hanley Road, Central Point. The class, from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., is for beginning to intermediate beekeepers. The class will be taught by beekeeper Thom Trusewicz, co-founder of the Clatsop County Beekeepers Association.

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Paper made by Merlin W. Ariefdjohan, Berdine R. Martin, Pamela J. Lachcik, and Connie M. Weaver

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The JIRCAS Visiting Research Fellowship Program aims at the promotion of collaborative research to address various problems confronting the countries in developing regions on a global scale, including the critical situation of food production, the progression of desertification and the gradual disappearance of genetic resources. Fourteen (14) researchers will be selected to conduct research on a specified theme either at JIRCAS HQ in Tsukuba or at the Tropical Agriculture Research Front (TARF) in Okinawa for a period of one (1) year.

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Beekeepers say citrus honey is their most lucrative product. But those who grow seedless mandarin oranges say bees can ruin a crop. Like giant spiderwebs these fishing nets protect this seedless mandarin grove. The trees will soon blossom and the nets will keep the bees away. Growers say cross-pollinating bees from other citrus orchards can produce seeds in what's supposed to be seedless fruit drastically reducing their value. Beekeeper Steve Godlin thought the nets represented progress in a heated dispute with the industry.

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Scientists are buzzing about the emerging possibility of using bees to assist winemakers in producing the perfect drop. Although bees have a brain 20 times larger than a fruit fly, they do not have a nose. But Dr Reinhard (Queensland Brain Institute) said the insects' antennae were covered in small hairs which contained odour receptors, similar to those in human nostrils. 'On a molecular level, it works the same way,' she said. 'The idea would be to have an electronic nose that you could use during the process of wine-making to detect those key compounds,' Dr Reinhard said. 'It's a complex thing that will take many years to develop.'

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Edgardo Diaz Aguilar, director of Agricultural Development, said that at the end of this administration one of the sectors that benefited most was honey production, the area where Maya has a fund that impulse production and marketing of this product.

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