Technicians of the Secretariat of Agriculture, Irrigation and Agrarian Reform (Seagri) participating of the 17 Brazilian Congress of beekeeping, in Belo Horizonte, until the day 4, discussing the theme Bees for Humanity: Productivity, Quality and Environment. They will show the work that is being conducted by the Program in the state of Beekeeping of EBDA and has improved the lives of small producers. It will also be presented the programme of Global Positioning of hives and producers, in addition to the completion of lectures and courses.

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Consideration is being given by the authorities, if possible supply sugar in a non-refundable to each beekeeper to feed their hives at the entrance to the wintering or otherwise, payment for the month of April 2009. This is due to the recent developments in loss of hives, low production problems and risks for the next winter.

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Illegal import of and unauthorised substance sulphamethazine (22 ?g/kg - ppb) in white honey from Egypt detected in an official control of the market in Italy; erythromycin (0.5 ?g/kg - ppb) unauthorised in honey from China detected in a border control in Spain.

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Nothing better illustrates the folly of this Government than the clumsy and ignorant way it has casually slashed the tiny budget supporting research into one of Nature?s most useful creatures: the bee. The news is currently dominated by the bigger issues of oil prices and house prices. But it is often in the apparently obscure detail of Government policy that we can best see where its values and priorities lie.

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Approximately 1 700 hives of bees have died in Pichincha, Tungurahua and Imbabura, in particular. The figure was disseminated by the representatives of the federations of beekeepers in those provinces who gathered yesterday at the agricultural college Luis A. Martinez, in Ambato. 'The call was organized urgently to discuss the problem. According to early reports, the production of honey and pollen is scarce so far. Something similar is happening in other countries, 'said Heriberto Paredes, a member of the Board of Directors of the National Federation of Beekeepers.

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This topic was discussed at this Friday (30), in Cuiaba (MT), Sílvio Lengler, retired professor at the Federal University of Santa Maria (RS), who also chairs the association of Beekeepers of Santa Maria. He gave the lecture 'The beekeeping and its importance in the pollination of crops for the production of biodiesel.' The professor showed that investigations into the soybean cultivars have shown increases of between 8% and 16% of productivity due to cross-pollination. The bees visit the flowers of soybeans in search of nectar and pollen, where the concentration of sugars varies from 31% to 38%.

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Indiscriminate sale of adulterated honey, both on public roads in some of Ciudad Guzman and other neighboring communities, affecting health and bee producers. Some sellers up to the lower 95 percent

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'Some species appear to have a lesser role and others, by contrast, a key role in ecosystems,' says Didier Babin, a researcher at the Center on International Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development (Cirad), in Bonn (Germany), where has held the UN Conference on Biodiversity. 'It's hard sometimes predict the effects of the disappearance of a species', recognizes Fodin. Since the bee populations are declining, 'the whole world seems to discover to what extent are useful,' says. Bees provide 80% of plant species through pollination, ie 35% of the world's food resources.

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Beekeepers in San Cristobal (SE) have a great reason to celebrate. This Friday (30), was the inauguration of a honey unit. The House of Honey, as is known affectionately by beekeepers, was formally opened at 9:30 am. The company is located on Highway John Bebe water, Estrada of Thebes. This commitment is a new achievement of the associations of beekeepers Sãocristovense and Meliponicultores. The association is composed of 39 families here in St. Kitts and creates job opportunities to 101 people.

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The company Nestle receives the approval of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology. The new line comes to points-of-sale of the whole country in the versions Salted - Integral, and Sesame Rye, - and Sweets - Milk and Honey, Honey and Oats.

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