Some 25 thousand producers in 13 departments in the country, especially in organic production, were benefited in 2007 with technical assistance and cooperation, channelled through the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IIC). The representative of the institute in Nicaragua, Gerardo Escudero explained that a year is paid through the IIC about three million dollars. Jose Bermudez president of the association of producers Apiculture organist of San Francisco Libre, which account via have received advanced training in the technical area, have improved their production, have increased volume, and have added value to products.

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The town of Villasuso (Campo de Yuso) hosts on 2 and August 3 the third edition of the Honey Fest which organizes this county and in which there will be experts in the world of bees, who taught four papers, as well as artisans, who display their products to the public.

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The journalist Federico Petrera (h) to interview Beekeeper Franky Alfonso (Colombia) on the characteristics of the production of pollen in the mountains over 3,000 meters (10,000 feet) tall, with yields of more than 25 kilograms (59.5 pounds) per year per hive

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There is increasing reason to believe that Gaucho and other members of a family of highly toxic chemicals -- neonicotinoids -- may be responsible for the deaths of billions of honeybees worldwide. Some scientists believe that these pesticides, which are applied to seeds, travel systemically through the plant and leave residues that contaminate the pollen, resulting in bee death or paralysis. The French refer to the effect as 'mad bee disease' and in 1999 were the first to ban the use of these chemicals, which are currently only marketed by Bayer (the aspirin people) under the trade names Gaucho and Poncho. Germany followed suit this year, and its agricultural research institute said it concluded that the poisoning of the bees was because of the rub-off of the pesticide clothianidin (that's Pancho) from corn seeds. So why did the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2002 grant an 'emergency' exemption allowing increased use of Gaucho -- typically invoked during a major infestation -- when only a few beetles were found in blueberries? Why did the agency also grant a 'conditional' registration for its close relative, Pancho, allowing the chemical on the market with only partial testing? And why is the agency, hiding behind a curtain of 'trade secrets,' still refusing to disclose whether the additional tests required of companies in such cases were conducted and, if so, with what results?

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Organized by the Argentina Beekeepers Association (SADA). Theoretical classes on Fridays from 06:00 to 09:00 pm. at the headquarters of the institution; practical classes on Saturdays from 9 am to 06 pm in the apiary Gonzalez Catan.Las classes are every 15 days

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Raising native stingless bees is now an option within the beekeeping business worth entering again because of the continuing threat of pests and diseases particular bees introduced. In addition, given the docility of the Kaaba Xun (Melipona beecheii), for years the Mayan women have managed in their plots and then the honey they produce these insects reaches good market price, investigators noted the department of the Faculty of beekeeping Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine (FMVZ) from the Autonomous University of Yucatan (UADY).

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The Eastern Cape's black bee-keepers will enter the honey market next month with the launch of the country's first black-led honey producers' organisation, the provincial agriculture department announced on Wednesday. 'The industry has been known to be a business of mainly white people, but now black honey producers in the province have organised themselves and made strides in entering the market,' the department said in a statement.

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According to scientists at the University of London, when it comes to search for food, bees behave the same way that a serial murderer when looking at his victim. Therefore, these humble insects will help researchers to refine a technique called geographic profile of the criminal, says the study published in Journal of the Royal Society Interface (Journal of the Royal Society Interface).

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A man dressed as a giant bee has warned the Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall that the world could be facing an 'ecological disaster'. Beekeeper Barry Walker-Moore, 62, told Charles and Camilla of the threat disease is posing to bee populations and asked them to back a campaign for more research. He spent several minutes discussing the effect the varroa mite is having on bees when the Prince and Duchess visited the West Norfolk & King's Lynn Beekeepers' Association stand at the show.

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As part of implementing the National Strategic Plan for Apicultural Supply Chain , referring to different provinces in the northeast Argentine analyzed, in Posadas, the reality of beekeeping in the region. After the discussion on a document outlined the main points on which they must work. Participants of the meeting those responsible for carrying out a diagnosis of beekeeping Alfonso Lorenzo, Beatriz Achaval and Facundo King. In both attended the undersecretary of production of Corrientes Mario Boss, the undersecretary of agricultural production of Chaco Herman Brunswig. For Misiones were the undersecretary of development and animal production, Sergio Peñalva and coordinating production beekeeping, Graciela Hedman. Other provinces were also represented, such as Formosa and Santiago del Estero, officials from the apicultural area .

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