CATCH THE BUZZ – Is Trendy Superfood Manuka Honey Actually Worth Its Price Tag?
Justina Huddleston We’ve been seeing Manuka honey pop up all over Instagram and recipe sites lately, but we wanted to figure out what exactly…
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Selling Honey. Land Use. Local. By: Kim Flottum I have several interests in life that aren’t directly involved with bees, beekeeping and beekeepers, but most of…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – NAFTA Negotiations Worrying Local US Farmers.
Farmers are growing more and more anxious with the negotiations over the North American Free Trade Agreement. Several Wisconsin farmers’ organizations have joined a…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Australian Beekeepers Seek Funds To Refute New Zealand Claim To Manuka Name.
Leah McBey WHAT’S IN A NAME: Burnie’s Skoop Wholefoods owner Kirsten Goninon and co-worker Darralin Housegoh hold a jar of high-value local manuka honey….
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Lawsuit Filed Regarding Dicamba Damage. And A Bee Culture Editorial.
Gil Gullickson This is the story Seven Arkansas farms are suing makers of dicamba herbicides used in Monsanto’s Roundup Ready Xtend Crop System for…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Explaining Massachusetts’ Attempt to Protect Bees, but Farmers and Farm Bureau Cannot Support Knee-Jerk Reactions Not Backed By Scientific Data
Ed Davidian, President, Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation The Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation has a long history of backing and lobbying for bills that…
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Spieth Road Stories – The Future Is Now
The 21st century arrived at Spieth Road, again, in mid-April this year with the arrival of 7, 3 pound packages of honey bees in…
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Spieth Road Stories – UnWintering
Kim Flottum We unearthed the bees a couple of weekends ago. Well, unwrapped them actually. I learned winter in northern Wisconsin and it stuck….
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Fraudulent Honey – Again
Alan Harman Photo UMF Honey About a third of honey marketed in the United Kingdom as manuka product from New Zealand does not…
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