Why queen bees are made and not born From Telegraph.co.uk The ability to create bee "super queens" that can shrug off disease has arisen from the discovery of how royal jelly works. Although the jelly's specific ingredients are still largely a mystery, Dr Ryszard Maleszka of The Australian National University, Canberra, and colleagues now report that eating royal jelly seems to turn off a process called DNA methylation, a cellular mechanism used to govern the way genes are used in the body. "Royal jelly seems to chemically modify the bee's genome...

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Breeding better bees From California Farm Bureau Marla Spivak, lead researcher from the University of Minnesota, checks the hive health of bee hives at Heitkam's Honey Bees in Orland. While people learn more about the mysterious phenomenon that causes bees to leave the colony and not return, top bee researchers from around the country are feeling the pressure to find answers to a variety of pests and diseases that impact bees and that may be causing this disorder. Researchers from the University of Minnesota visited several Northern...

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Honey holds promise From Fiji Times HONEY farmers are being urged to increase their production to meet the local demand. "There has been an increase in the hotel sector demand for honey and the most important thing is there has been vast increase in the consumption of honey by all other ethnic groups especially the indigenous group," he said. "Honey can be used with biscuits, Wheatbix, honey chocolate, honey in coffee, honey in milkshake, honey in juice and honey used in hospitals for dressing purposes," said Mr Prasad. Last...

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Be busy a beekeeper From Newindpress KOZHIKODE: Khadi and Village Industries Commission will initiate an exclusive project for apiculture in the district intended to inculcate a positive and progressive attitude among people towards beekeeping. Aimed at a revamp of honey farming based on cluster development method, the four-year project, Beekeeping Industry and Honey Processing , is being funded by the Union Ministry of Agro and Rural Industries, through its Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI).

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PA Farm Bureau Resolutions Adopted at National Convention From PA Farm News Pennsylvania Farm Bureau (PFB) had a productive trip to New Orleans, as 12 national policy resolutions recommended by PFB s voting delegates were adopted during the recent American Farm Bureau Federation 89th National Convention. Delegates at Farm Bureau s national convention also unanimously approved a resolution to support swift enactment of a new farm bill that maintains an adequate safety net for farmers and a resolution that reaffirms support for a comprehensive immigration reform plan...

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