Submitted by leedsbka on Thursday, July 10 @ 00:00:00 BST (17 reads)
The ever-popular and thought-provoking Earthwatch Debate this year focuses on the world’s most irreplaceable species – choose between bees, bats, fungi, plankton and primates (but not man!), championed by leaders in their field.
Submitted by leedsbka on Monday, June 23 @ 00:00:00 BST (37 reads)
When presented with the chance for a big reward from a risky endeavor, people and honeybees use the same mechanism to decide, according to researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Tel Aviv University and the Hebrew University. The researchers discovered that people are more prepared to gamble on risky action when the differences between the various possible outcomes are well defined. However, if the different outcomes are hard to distinguish, they are much more likely to select a safe option, even if the probability of the risky choice failing has not changed at all. [Original Article]
Submitted by leedsbka on Sunday, June 22 @ 00:00:00 BST (132 reads)
Moira and Peter are getting requests at farmers markets for 'raw' honey. Unlike commercially produced honey, all our honey is 'raw' i.e. untreated and unpasturised.
Submitted by leedsbka on Friday, June 20 @ 00:00:00 BST (62 reads)
The Great Yorkshire Show celebrates its 150th show this year. The event brings together the best of British farming with an eclectic mix of country life, entertainment, shopping and competitions and takes place on Tuesday 8 – Thursday 10 July, 2008. The venue is the Great Yorkshire Showground on the edge of spa town of Harrogate and the show is organised by the Yorkshire Agricultural Society.
Submitted by leedsbka on Monday, June 16 @ 00:00:00 BST (9118 reads)
Peter Hoskins, Leeds BKA's Treasurer, recently gave a Lemon Curd cookery demonstration on the second Field Day at Yorkshire Showground. So many people asked for his Lemon Curd recipe that we've posted it here on our website.
Submitted by leedsbka on Saturday, June 14 @ 00:00:00 BST (37 reads)
A beauty treatment based on honey and gold has become fashionable in Hollywood with celebrity beautician Christopher Watt, who cares for the faces of Jennifer Lopez or Cameron Diaz. [Original Article]
Submitted by leedsbka on Sunday, June 08 @ 00:00:00 BST (52 reads)
Bee sting survey closes on 21st June - the largest survey of its kind ever undertaken, please make it even larger by adding your contribution. The BBKA are hoping to have a preliminary article from the team in the August edition of BBKA News.
Submitted by leedsbka on Friday, June 06 @ 00:00:00 BST (48 reads)
BBKA Newsletter No.171 June 2008 is now available for BBKA members to download in PDF format from the BBKA members area. The BBKA members area login details can be found on the back your BBKA 2007-08 membership card.
Submitted by leedsbka on Wednesday, June 04 @ 00:00:00 BST (56 reads)
A spiritual beekeeper in Serbia has built hives in the shape of monasteries and churches for his bees "because bees have a soul too". [Orginal Article]
Submitted by leedsbka on Monday, June 02 @ 00:00:00 BST (99 reads)
National Insect Week 2008 (23rd-29th June) is an initiative of the Royal Entomological Society, and aims to educate and inspire people of all ages about the wonders of the insect world. Activities are planned throughout the week, including hundreds of events around the country, online insect surveys, an insect photography competition, and a series of public lectures about insect life presented in UK cities. National Insect Week 2008 is sponsored in part by the Environment Agency and is working with a wide range of partners. [Further Information]
Submitted by leedsbka on Friday, May 30 @ 00:00:00 BST (384 reads)
Dr Mukund Bhide, a software consultant from Mumbai, has had a prolonged battle with multiple sclerosis for several years. After watching a television programme that spoke of the benefits of apitherapy he approached Pune-based Central Bee Research and Training Institute (CBRTI) and urged the officials to administer live bee stings. “I was really fed up with this pain. I could not walk properly and had to drag my feet despite my crutches. So when the road to modern medicine has its limitations I decided what harm could a bee sting do” .
A year, 5 sessions and 50 bee stings later Bide says “Yes, there were side effects like nausea and fever and the initial scare of being stung by a bee. Slowly though it did not matter and there was relief from the pain. I could even walk without support”. [Original Article]
Submitted by leedsbka on Wednesday, May 28 @ 00:00:00 BST (81 reads)
A Palmair Boeing 737 flight headed for Faro in Portugal with 90 passengers on board was forced turn around and return to Bournemouth Airport to make an emergency landing after a swarm of bees clogged up the engine. [Orginal Article]
Submitted by leedsbka on Monday, May 26 @ 00:00:00 BST (68 reads)
Mix 2 parts honey with 1 part olive oil.
Work a small amount at a time through hair until coated.
Cover hair with shower cap or wrap with cling film.
After 30 minutes shampoo well, rinse and dry as usual
HONEY: 100% pure honey is renowned for its skin soothing and moisturizing properties.
OLIVE OIL: Moisturizes, deep conditions and helps to prevent split ends. Thick hair responds very well to the heavier oils like olive and coconut oil. Other hair types, like fine or thin hair, will do better with lighter oils like sesame and almond oil.
Submitted by leedsbka on Saturday, May 24 @ 00:00:00 BST (262 reads)
Hungary’s largest honey processing plant in Dunavarsány has been closed on suspicion of diluting its products following an investigation by food safety inspectors, the Customs and Finance Guard and the tax authority APEH. The quality of the honey sold in Hungary was called into question last May when an independent laboratory analysis commissioned by bee keepers found that seventy per cent of the honey on supermarket shelves had been adulterated in some way. [Original Article]
Submitted by leedsbka on Thursday, May 22 @ 00:00:00 BST (213 reads)
Due to the mass death of bees in Germany's Baden-Wuerttemberg state, the German Office for Consumer Protection and Food Safety (BVL) has ordered the immediate suspension of the approval for eight seed treatment products. Bayer is the worldmarket leader for pesticides. With sales of 556 million Euro in 2007, imidacloprid is Bayer's best selling pesticide product. In Germany imidacloprid is used under the brand names Gaucho, Antarc and Chinook, primarily during the cultivation of rape, sugar-beet and corn.
