Beekeeping News and Events

Events

April 19 through mid-October, 2008 -- Weekends only; temporary Honey Bee Kiosk at the NC Zoo, Asheboro, NC

July 10-12, 2008 -- NCSBA Summer Meeting, Southern Pines, NC

September 5-14, 2008 -- NC Mountain State Fair, Fletcher, NC

October 17-26, 2008 -- NC State Fair, Raleigh, NC

Sir Edmund Hillary: July 20, 1919 - January 11, 2008

Sir Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper who became one of the 20th century's most famous explorers, died of a heart attack at age 88.

See articles, photo gallery, and video tributes from his two countries, New Zealand and Nepal.

CCD News

March 2008 -- Senators send letter to USDA asking for higher priority effort in solving the CCD problem.

A special section has been created on the Beekeeping Links page just for Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) news and resources.

Local NC News

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Last 30 days News Stories in NC  on Honey Bees and Beekeeping

Busy Bee Strategy Helps [Internet] Servers Run More Sweetly
By Georgia Tech News Service
Atlanta, Nov. 28, 2007 -- ...the swarm intelligence of these amazingly organized bees can also be used to improve the efficiency of Internet servers....

Big Crowd: Festival honoring the honeybee draws an estimated 10,000 people
by Melissa Hall, Winston Salem Journal
Kernersville, NC, September 20, 2007 -- The weather was pleasant and the crowd was large and steady at the recent Honeybee Festival at Fourth of July Park.

Honey prodcution down across country
by Jennifer Moxley, News 14 Carolina
Statesville, NC, September 12, 2007 -- See beekeeper Tommy Woodfin on local cable TV news talking about honey bees and CCD.

Honeybee disease baffling many
By FRANCES KUO, WCNC
Monroe, NC, Mar 3, 2007-- “This colony collapse disorder is a condition the cause of which is completely unknown,” said North Carolina beekeeper and entomology professor David Tarpy. ...

No-show killer bees create a buzz
By Jason Hardin, Greensboro News and Record
January 23, 2007 -- Given the unpredictability of what's happened so far, no one's placing any bets on when the bees might arrive.

September Honey Month
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- NCSBA -- Charles Heatherly, Pres.
Raleigh, NC, Sept. 1, 2006 -- North Carolina's some 10,000 beekeepers, most of them hobbyists, join their colleagues around the nation this month in celebrating September as National Honey Month.

What's the buzz?
By Cheryl Johnston, Staff Writer, The News & Observer
Raleigh, NC, May 1, 2005 -- Free hives: Experts hope aspiring apiculturists will boost the state's honeybee population.

International News

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Last 7 Days News Stories Worldwide  on Honey Bees and Beekeeping

Excavations reveal first beehives in ancient Near East
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem via Huliq.com
Sept. 4, 2007 -- This is the earliest apiary to be revealed to date in an archaeological excavation anywhere in the ancient Near East, said Prof. Mazar. It dates from the 10th to early 9th centuries B.C.E.

An answer to the mystery of wanton queen honeybees
By Susan Lang, Cornell University, Press Release
July 19, 2007 -- Why do queen honeybees mate with dozens of males? Does their extreme promiscuity, perhaps, serve a purpose?

Deciphering the Mystery of Bee Flight
PhysOrg.com
Caltech, November 30, 2005 - One of the most elusive questions in science has finally been answered: How do bees fly?

Bees equipped with radar solve waggle dance controversy
Nature - J. R. Riley, U. Greggers, A. D. Smith,
 D. R. Reynolds & R. Menzel
 May 12, 2005 -- A paper published in Nature on May 12th provides new data that resolves a long-standing scientific controversy.

Fungus Provides Varroa Mite Relief for Bees
By Alfredo Flores, USDA - Agricultural Research Service
Weslaco, Texas, October 14, 2004 -- The fungus provided excellent control of Varroa without impeding colony development or population size.

Drug fear prompts call for honey test
By Denis Gregory, The Sun-Herald
Sydney, Australia, November 17, 2003 -- Supermarkets could unknowingly be selling honey that contains potentially harmful antibiotics banned in food.

Honey Bees Stop for Coffee
BBC News
12 June 2002 -- As a self-pollinating plant, growers had always thought that bees and other insects did not make a difference.

Scientist Sleuths Work Up Genetic Profile of Varroa Mite
By Jan Suszkiw, Agricultural Research Service Information Staff, Agricultural Research magazine
June 2002 -- Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists are close to finishing a mitochondrial map of the Varroa mite that could speed up studies of the parasite and of its effect on honey bees.

Bees brighter than we knew
Keay Davidson, Science Writer, San Francisco Chronicle
April 19, 2001 -- ... the French researcher Martin Giurfa and four colleagues showed that honeybees... excel at cognitive tests normally performed by lab primates and human volunteers.

How bees can fly is honey of a mystery
By LISA STIFFLER, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
January 27, 2001 -- Now a revolutionary technology, which for a decade has helped scientists keep Boeing planes aloft and NASA spacecraft soaring, is aiding University of Washington scientists as they try to reveal the secrets of these fantastic fliers.