Five years ago that beekeepers state show a profitable activity. With three harvests a year, the product may reach the 300 tons in 2010. According to the director of the Animal Production Seagro - Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, Erik garden, this represents a huge leap for the industry, because the numbers are proof that beekeeping is professional and is no longer seen as a sideline. In Tocantins there are 28 associations and 1,000 producers.

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One kills ants is the prime suspect in the death of bees in the city of Barra do Rio Azul, in the north of the state. The first case took place seventeen days ago, when Evandro Bagnara beekeeper lost 48 of his 60 hives. In two neighboring properties saw the death of 32 hives. On Tuesday, (2) the EMAT another case was reported in the town. The agency's technical assistant in the region of Erechim, Carlos Angonese, said he still has not found the cause of death of bees. However, it is possible that the cause is the same as registration seventeen days ago, using a kill ants podwer.

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The organization of the event will be in charge of the Autonomous Regional Corporation of Northeast Frontier (Corponor), between 11 and September 12 at the park headquarters of the entity.

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The company of Toro 'dairies Chillón Plaza', which works as the fourth generation of cheese makers in the area, yesterday introduced a new product in society, spicy cheese, which will be patented and will join the other two 'inventions' cheese makers who have been enrolled in this family business in the Register of Trade Marks and Patents: Toro cheese with red wine and cheese from sheep with honey

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Apiculture (Beekeeping) as a non land based income and employment generating activity is fast becoming an important component of present day strategies for integrated rural development and off-farm employment. The role of beekeeping in improving the subsistence economy of farmers cannot be overlooked as it has always been linked with the socio-economic, cultural, religious and natural heritage of communities linked living in rural areas. Besides, bees and beekeeping provide free ecosystem services in the form of cross pollination which not only enhanced productivity of agricultural crops but also help in conservation of biological diversity through propagation of wild flora. Continue...

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The country has been producing over 70,000 tons of honey in recent years, with 100,000 amateurs who run three million honeybee hives, rebounding from 50,000 ton per year levels that followed the collapse of the Soviet Union.

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Oleanders are pretty much all-around poisonous from the roots to the leaves to the sap in the branches. Among other things, they contain oleandrin, which can paralyze the heart. The bees themselves are not affected by the oleanders' toxins, but at least, in theory, the honey from oleanders would be poisonous. On the upside I couldn't find any records of anyone dying from such honey. There are reports dating back to around 400 B.C. of Greek soldiers getting high on honey made from the nectar or pollen of rhododendrons and oleanders.

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The annual honey harvest has dropped to half of its normal level this year - with some beekeepers in the county seeing numbers in their apiaries drop by as much as two thirds. Initial estimates show that local hives produced just 6,000 tons of honey this year - half the usual annual level.

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The honey producers of the associations of beekeepers Northern Mato Grosso (Apisnorte) have increased their production this year and reached 45 tons, with about 1200 hives. Since its inception in 2006, reached around 30 tons / year. According to the vice president Agostinho Camatti, production is more intense during the months of May, June and July, a period that can be done between 3 to 4 harvests in a single month. In each of those months were collected around 45 kilograms / box

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In a 2-1 ruling, the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco upheld a federal judge's decision that halted the planting of Monsanto Co.'s herbicide-resistant strain of alfalfa on March 30, 2007. The suit was filed by alfalfa farmers who feared that the Monsanto product, spread by winds and bees, would pollinate their crops and take over their fields. The ruling was 'a major victory for farmers, both conventional and organic, for consumers and for the environment,' said attorney George Kimbrell of the Center for Food Safety, which represented the plaintiffs. He said it helps consumers who don't want dairy products from cattle that forage on altered alfalfa and protects growers who want to export crops to Japan, which bans genetically modified alfalfa.

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