Honey News

The Garden Club of St. Augustine will host an Open House at the Garden Center, 3440 Old Moultrie Road, 9 a.m. to noon, June 8, rain or shine.

Under a canopy of gray cloud and a persistent light drizzle, the Gorgas Park Farmer's Market returned on Friday for its third consecutive year.

OBESITY was an unheard-of clinical entity eons or many years ago when food was scarce, so that people had to literally claw each other to obtain life-sustaining food.

Although the cause is not known, researchers suspect that multiple factors may be involved.

Columbia Area Beekeepers Association president Jack Wohlfarth studies a section of bees as he splits one hive into two.

Local beekeeper and honey producers Karen and Chris Foster of Hidden Valley Honey say in spite of some setbacks they are doing well.

So he read every book he could find on the topic and starting building his own beehives, first on the north side and then at his Maple Avenue home.

The European Commission has adopted a two-year-long moratorium on the use of three necotinoid pesticides believed to be one of the reasons behind a 30 percent annual decrease in bee populations since 2007.

Beekeeper Brian Medcraft, of Patersonia, believes it's only a matter of time before the Varroa mite strikes the state's bee population.

The self-supporting center's mission is to promote the use of high quality honey and to develop programs for research, education and outreach to beekeepers, agricultural interests and the food industry.

Over the course of two days, 14 area schools participated in 4-H's Conservation Field Days at the Lake Chautauqua Lutheran Center.

Gardeners know that good pollination makes for better crops of tomatoes, cucumbers, apples and raspberries.

Make almonds: in a saucepan, lightly warm honey. Transfer to a mixing bowl. Add salt, cinnamon and sugar.

Beekeeper Ian Farber's phone is ringing as swarming season heats up. The good news? The bees are usually harmless and swarms indicate good hive health.

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In Oldcastle Theatre Company's latest production, honey bees are disappearing, and five people are working out exactly where they fit in the world.

Comvita, which produces health products from manuka honey and olive leaves, posted a 10 percent decline in full-year profit, beating its own guidance as it coped with a shortage of honey and higher costs.

There's something new buzzing at the W Hotel. Behind the ventilation ducts and pipes on the roof of the W Austin Hotel , the newest tenants of Block 21 are hard at work in the bee yard.

If you're like me, you're counting the days until the first red, ripe tomato appears in the garden or at the farmer's market.

I've been very concerned about the substantial loss of honeybees over the years.