'There is no way I would let anyone treating me or my loved ones put anything except honey on our wounds,' says Dr Shona Blair, a post-doctoral microbiology researcher at the University of Sydney. Blair found that some types of honey are highly effective in killing many bacteria, including golden staph, (Staphylococcus aureus) - a major problem in hospitals because it is resistant to most antibiotics.

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A swarm of close to 60.000 bees, according to municipal sources, yesterday broke the routine and preocupied 44 greater people and 25 workers of the parochial residence San Francisco and San Vicente de Manises. They were retired by a beekeeper of the zone.

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They are the fiscal islands of the Department Victoria. Until August 23rd, 2006 will receive offers for the renting of islands, fractions or lots of the same ones located in the Department Victoria.

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Information of march 2006: Total Exports in tons 663.6 US$1.01M average price US$ 1,599 per ton; Total Imports in Tons 8,406, US$ 11.38M, average price US$ 1,353 per ton (+22% vs previous month) . Observed prices ( average per ton ) Canada U$S 1,983, Argentina US$ 1,343, India 1,319, China US$ 705 . In % of incoming tons per country: Argentina 26.5%, India 18.77%, Canada 15.36% & China 9.3%.

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In the China's northern, northeastern and southwestern regions. The amount of affected farmland was 36.3 percent more than the average annual area. Weather forecasters say there is no sign of the drought breaking in most parts of northern and southwestern regions in the foreseeable future.

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Jose Estrada Araya, a saddler and horseman , 95 , passed away because close to one hundred stings of africanized bees in San Pedro, San Ramon.

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In the first call they have been demanded and bid more than 5000 beehives to the localities of Bella Vista, Capital, Curuzú Cuatiá, Esquina, Lavalle, Loreto, Mercedes, Monte Caseros, Mocoretá, Saladas, San Luis of the Palmar and for a total of 464 producing prenew recruits. The first 720 beehives already arrived at the capital of the province..

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Jerónimo Reyes president of the apicultural network “Mieles of the Maule” agreed in which to elaborate a development strategy implies to incorporate the restlessness of the local producers, focusing the demands according to the regional reality

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The Beekeeping section of the School of Agriculture, Cattle ranch and Farm 'El Zanjón', that depends on the UNSE; the Secondary School the Farm (department 'Banda'); the School Agrotechnic Nº1 de Pozo Hondo and the School Agrotécnico Nº 4 of San Pedro de Guasayán, are working in a varroa investigation project. Coordinators Engineer Cecilia Dini and Enrique Bedascarrebure (INTA), bottoms contributed by the CFI.

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The report concludes that most of the deficiences found in 2003 have still not been rectified and many of the promised actions did not in fact happen (page 2). CONTROLS OF HONEY BEFORE EXPORT,The mission team noted that: In most analysis report studied by the mission team the methods used and analytical limits of detection were not adequate to ensure compliance with community MRLs (page 14)

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