Native pollinator specialist Neal Williams, former member of the faculty at Bryn Mawr (Pa.) College and a researcher closely linked with the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at the University of California, Davis, since 2001, has joined the faculty at the UC Davis Department of Entomology, effective July 1.

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Gruwell Apiary has been watching over bees for about three generations in the Treasure Coast. With about 900 hives on 30 different properties, this family of beekeepers doesn’t understand why people would want to hurt the bee hives. “We are just helping the community,” said David Gruwell, a third generation beekeeper. “A third of the fruits and vegetables we eat would disappear if all the bees die. Everything would disappear after four to five years. It’s just a matter of time and we are over.”

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Papua New Guinea's honey industry says production is declining after a parasite has affected the bee population. The 'Varoa' mite has been detected in PNG's honey producing Eastern Highlands province. PNG's Agriculture specialists say the Varoa mite attaches itself onto the back of bees and kills entire bee colonies. Most honey farmers in the PNG highlands have been badly affected.

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Four men, aged between 30 and 70, were detained at Kampung Ketiau, Putatan near here, following a raid by officers from the Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism yesterday. The team from the ministry, assisted by representatives from the Health Department and police, made the raid about 10am after observing the place for three weeks following a public tip-off, the ministry’s state enforcement chief, Rosle A. Hamid, said here today. "A check revealed that the honey produced by the group actually contained sugar which had been boiled," he said. The fake honey produced by the group had been distributed mainly in the three districts which were popular with tourists.

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From the Mendoza Queen Breeders Association (AMCAR) and the Apiculture Advisory Council of the Province of Mendoza, we invite all inerested people to a workshop, discussion and consensus to agree on the basic criteria of organization and evaluation should be account for the performance of the 3 th queen bees contest.

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Paper prepared by Beth Heppermann and Jeffrey S Jones

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On june 27, 2009 in the Social Club

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The Senate today rejected a PP motion urging the government to create a helpline specifically for the beekeeping sector affected by the parasite Nosema ceranae and promoting the recognition of the Center for Regional Apiculture Marchamalo (Guadalajara) as the global benchmark for the diagnosis bees pathologies. The parliamentary initiative was rejected by all parliamentary groups except the 'popular', who did not accept the amendment submitted by the substitution PSOE posed to be asking the Government to support a "already exists" in the National Apiculture program.

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Many bee farm owners say there's once again a bee shortage this year. "The bee population this year seems to be better than it was two and three years ago so there's some recovery being noted, but still we have a ways to go," bee farm owner Mike Potoczak said. "We're still losing 20% to 30% a year and that's way too much. One third of our food supply is because of their pollinating activities and that's why bees are protected by the government."

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