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10 years ago... A furry vandal has been deterred at Mann Lake Ltd. of Hackensack, but a human one is still at large. The firm, which manufactures beekeeping equipment and medications, keeps several beehives for research and educational purposes.

Frozen fruit: Cold weather destroyed Magic Valley harvest

BUHL A white, flat-bed pickup truck carrying bee hivesmeandered along a dirt road cutting through neat rows of fruittrees of Akland Orchard, the Snake River Canyon unfolding beyondthe tree rows end.

Raising crops, children in a city oasis

When Gerald Fitzgerald and his wife Marcia moved down the street from Maumelles Diamond Ball Complex in 1974, the ball fields werent there. Neither was nearby North Little Rocks softball park or much else in that part of town. The Jump Zone, the Country Club Parkway roundabout and even Country Club of Arkansas werent around.

Backyard beekeeping's popularity leaves one veteran of the hobby stumped

Veteran beekeeper Sam Parise said people who want to get into the hobby are 'crazy.' Ronald Ahrens | For AnnArbor.comSam Parise, sometimes known as Sam the Bee Man, took time from selling honey, jam and produce at the Ypsilanti......

A Conversation with Beekeeper Mary Woltz

When it comes to tending to hives, Quail Hill beekeeper Mary Woltz is the bees knees. Keeping close to 100 beehives on Marders property in Bridgehampton, Woltz works with her fuzzy yellow and black friends from sun up to sundown, and in the evening she jars the honey for her company Bees Needs. Woltz sat [...]