The Municipality of Avellaneda reports that the producers included in the Assistance Program Beekeeping Chain Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing of the Nation are Franzoy Luis Eduardo Morzan, Edgardo SPONTON, Anselmo Bordone, Hernan Galarza, Eloy Raffin, Oscar Fleita, Mario Del Blanco, Christian Gomez and Manuel Romero.

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In order to delineate targets set for 2010, the meeting was attended by seven of its nine members: John Angles, Gabriel Gatti, Emilio Conti, Alexander Araldi, Secundino Gomez, Carlos San Miguel and Pablo Mucabare. Only missed by special reasons, and Leonardo Cladera Carlos Arizmendi. Among the goals for this year are: To increase production in the area, underpinned by the efficient use of substitutes, replacement queens and use of products approved by SENASA, place an apiary witness to verify the data in our area, kilograms of honey produced per hive, existing diseases, appropriate treatment, quality of pollen, honey and pollen varieties in the area, and so on.

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From the Secretariat for Production and Employment informed beekeepers who have received the subsidy by bees in the framework of the assistance program for beekeeping chain, to be submitted as soon as the relevant expense reporting, as has been demanded by Ministry of Agricultural Affairs in the province of Buenos Aires and has set a deadline for delivery of surrender on Friday 26 February. Thus proof of purchase must be submitted to the municipal unit identified, located at Calle 23 No. 636 between Kelly Avenue and 18, by Friday 19 February.

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The agricultural organization Huelva COAG has requested the Ministry of Finance published a decree on the establishment of the reduction or exemption of modules in the income statement of 2009 for farmers affected by the storm wind and rain occurred in the province in the months of November and December. In the case of beekeeping is from 0.13 the petition as equally bad weather has decimated hives.

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In order to strengthen the zone of San Pedro as a producer of honey, its flora and climate characteristics, in January began a series of training in honey production. The workshops are organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Production and are theoretical and practical.

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The Beekeeping Council meeting was chaired by the secretary of Production, Cristian Vilas, and was attended by the Head of the Department of Farm and Agribusiness, Natalia Livieres; Luis Volpato, coordinator of the network of technicians; Stephanie Cutro of ArgenINTA, and all representatives of river flows beekeeping. Vilas said he met with officials from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Nation, they warned that orders for emergency assistance for beekeeping made last year did not enter the national budget.

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Using genetically modified bacteria, a team of Australian researchers has created artificially produced honey bee silk. "The silks would be good for tough, lightweight textiles, and high-strength applications like advanced aviation and marine composites," ABC Science quoted CSIRO entomologist Dr Tara Sutherland, who led the team of research researchers, as saying. "It would also be useful in medical applications including sutures, artificial tendons and ligaments," Sutherland added.

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Beekeepers are warning the country's growing honey trade with the United States will suffer if Australian honey products are allowed into New Zealand. The National Beekeepers' Association of New Zealand (NBA) said tonight that Australian honey was being mixed with international honey and exported as an Australian product. "If Australian honey imports are allowed into New Zealand, New Zealand risks becoming a 'honey laundering' hub, a situation that would severely damage our honey exporters," NBA joint chief executive Gemma Collier said. New Zealand exports about $4 million worth of honey to the US in 2009. This is up from just under $2.5 million in 2008. "The US market is growing steadily, especially the manuka honey sector, and any risk to it is extremely concerning to the beekeeping industry," Ms Collier said. As a result of "honey laundering", Australia was now on a US watch list of 13 countries whose honey products must be checked carefully on entry, Ms Collier said.

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A conservation biologist from California Lutheran University, Reese Halter is spreading the buzz about bees around the country and promoting his book, "The Incomparable Honeybee and the Economics of Pollination." In the last few years, U.S. beekeepers have experienced unprecedented die-offs of their bees, with some losing a quarter to a third of their hives, according to the Journal of Apicultural Research. While scientists have been unable to agree on a cause, Halter has his own theory. "There is no one smoking gun," Halter said. "It is a perfect storm, a collision of events that causes it." The way domestic bees are treated and large-scale pesticide use are the main culprits, Halter believes. Bees are typically fed sugar and high fructose corn solution instead of their natural diet, honey, he said. Solutions to the crisis do exist, Halter said. He suggests people should strive to buy only organic produce and never use pesticides or fungicides in their own gardens.

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Beekeepers are buzzing about a disease that threatens the state's beekeeping industry: colony collapse disorder. It's known as CCD and is a scientific mystery where bees suddenly disappear from their hives, leaving beekeepers empty-handed. "In September and October, a beekeeper will have a lot of bees and by early December they're all gone," said Roger Hoopingarner, of Holt, president of the Michigan Beekeepers Association. "We don't know the cause."

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