The House of Culture Emilio Alarcos, of Soto del Barco, since yesterday welcomes the exhibition “Between bees”. The sample has been coordinated by CajAstur and in the last months it has visited diverse Asturian cities. The schedule is of 11am to 02pm Monday through Friday

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The federal government will be promoting, as of this Friday (23), the II Week of Organic Foods in many Brazilian states. According to the general coordination for Sustainable Development at the Ministry of Agriculture, Rogério Dias, the aim of the campaign is to stimulate responsible consumption of foods.

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The company Apícola de Montoro, dedicated to the honey and derivates´ production and packaging, has been the winner of the Prize Iberian Lynx 2005, that grants the governing meeting of the Natural Park Mountain range of Cardeña and Montoro. The act concluded with the delivery of an artistic reason related to the natural park to the company mgr. Mr. Lorenzo Ruiz , that thanked for the obtaining of this award and pleaded for the importance of the pollinizatión in the field.

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The Brazilians may be favourites to retain the World Cup in soccer but they are way down the league when it comes to traceability of their beef. Deputy Harkin said that we need to ensure food security for EU citizens and we need the assurance of quality and traceability of imports consistent with the standards required of EU producers'.

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Problems still exist at the international level in coming to an agreement on global traceability standards for the food and fish trade, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). Arturo Hatrick from Apitrack® presented a paper about these standards in the VIII Iberoamerican Beekeeping Congress in Pastrana Spain (2006).

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On tuesday June 27th, it a fabulous Pot Luck Supper, the Auction equally tempting, only topped by the camaraderie of your fellow beekeeper! Bring a dish to share and something to donate to the auction.

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Without trucked-in bees, New England's $121 million crop of cranberries, blueberries, and apples would likely crash because there aren't enough wild bees to pollinate all the fields. But the honeybee is locked in a two-decade battle with a parasite that has sliced the nation's commercial hives by one-third and appears to have wiped out much of the wild honeybee population. Now, frustrated with the parasites' ability to develop widespread resistance to the chemicals designed to kill them, the US Department of Agriculture, scientists, and beekeepers are racing to develop new weapons.

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Written book Dr Martin Eguaras and Lic. Sergio Ruffinengo; UNMdP, will be able to buy during the annual meeting of the Cabin Pedro J. Bover Sunday june the 25th or in the stand of the magazine Campo & Abejas ( Field and bees) in the exhibitions of San Pedro, Malabrigo, Junín, Castelli, Cordova or in +54 11 4483 3482 or diarioapicola@ciudad.com.ar.

 

Article written by Marcela Gimeno, clearly indicates the importance of this indispensable tool for foods.

 

Honey exports up to april 30, 2006: Bulk 3.964 Tons (+8.4 % ) , US$ 6.1 m (+16% ) , average price aprox. US$1.500 per ton. Destiny 84% to Germany.

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