West Virginia's honeybees have experienced difficult times due to drought and freeze in recent years, conditions that have depleted bee and hive numbers in the state. But with $200,000 in apiary assistance provided by the West Virginia Legislature in the 2007 legislative session, the state is importing honeybees from Georgia this year in a move that should ensure there are sufficient numbers to amply pollinate crops in the future, including important tree types.The first shipment of replacement bees arrived in the state on April 23.

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It is expected that in the coming weeks is put on sale the first batch of honey produced on the island under the brand assurance Mel M '. The Council has registered a total of 1,721 hives throughout the island territory. They belong to 121 different farms but so far only seven marketing.

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Tv report made by Sylvia Perez about honey uses in human medicine

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Macapá City Beekeepers Association (Apimac) and Sebrae defined actions of structuring the project Honey of Amapá. The methodology entitled Strategic Management for Results Oriented (Geor), developed by Sebrae monitoring the project, to achieve positive results. The manager of the project, Antonio Rosa says that one of the main foci of Sebrae is on the marketing and export of honey.

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The Rio de Janeiro state has more than two thousand apiaries who rely on the work of 1,400 beekeepers, distributed in 72 municipalities. The data are part of the first Apicultural Census with Geo reference conducted by the Federal Superintendency of Agriculture in Rio de Janeiro (SFA / RJ), the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply (map).

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The Board of Beekeeping Sector of the Mato Grosso do Sul is meeting today in Dourados, the Regional Office of Sebrae in Golden, with the presidents of 21 associations of beekeepers of the state. The objective of this meeting is the reactivation of the Federation of Beekeepers of MS, entity representing the industry.

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Various research agencies area studying the possibility of promoting beekeeping in massive numbers in the state. Representatives of national institutions and similar bodies of Cubans invited to participate this Thursday in San Felipe, Yaracuy, in the Second Apicultural Workshop, where the proposal is to diseminate the activity in the entity.

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The Secretariat of Agriculture and Fisheries Development through the Department of Beekeeping participated in the 'Yucatan Peninsula encounter about honey and Diversity', which aimed to characterize and publicize the diversity of honeys of the peninsula. This event was held this weekend in the city of Campeche. As part of this meeting produced a map of the peninsula that shows the organizations, vegetation and the main colors of honey on the peninsula, also the cycle beekeeping and bees diversity.

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Paper prepared by U M Rashada, S M Al-Gezawya, E El-Gezawya and A N Azzaza

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The number of beekeepers in Michigan has fallen drastically. Twenty-five years ago, there were around 420 commercial beekeepers in the state. Today, the number is less than 50.

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