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Arizona honey: Where to find locally made varieties - Arizona Republic

Arizona honey: Where to find locally made varieties
Arizona Republic
It contain flecks of bee-collected pollen and bits of honeycomb, but all of its nutritional properties are intact. Many people believe that eating local honey relieves allergies by working much the same way as allergy shots. In the pollen, you're ...

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Yuba-Sutter beekeepers abuzz on research - Appeal-Democrat

Yuba-Sutter beekeepers abuzz on research
Appeal-Democrat
By Jonathan Edwards/ADjedwards Valeri Severson's bees are busy working three jobs, including a new one that could bear fruit for Yuba-Sutter farmers. Honey bees' main job is collecting pollen and nectar before churning it into food they eat.

Promise of beautiful blooms a draw for annual orchid show - Columbia Daily Tribune

Promise of beautiful blooms a draw for annual orchid show
Columbia Daily Tribune
Pollen discovered on the fossil of an extinct wingless bee dates orchids' origins from 76 to 84 million years ago. In general, orchids are either terrestrial, meaning earthbound, or epiphytic, meaning they grow on other plants.

So Old It's New, Mead Enjoys a Renaissance - New York Times

New York Times

So Old It's New, Mead Enjoys a Renaissance
New York Times
Terroir is captured in a way winemakers only dream of, from the flowers whose pollen bees collect in a particular area at a particular time. Mr. Beran said, “First, there are dandelions and maple trees blooming, clover and apple blossoms, ...

Continuing Honey Bee Die-Offs Critical, But You Can Help - Examiner.com

Continuing Honey Bee Die-Offs Critical, But You Can Help
Examiner.com
... New Haven, CT; found that despite assurances to the contrary by Bayer, neonicotinoid pesticide residues were found in planter exhausts, in dead bees near hive entrances, in pollen collected in the hives, in the flowers of dandelions growing nearby, ...

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