Tag: Honey
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Why 'Kill it with Fire' Should Not be Your Reaction to a Honeybee Swarm
It's not a bee attack -- it's just a bee swarm. Here are tips on how to deal with one.
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Walk Turkey's Beautiful 'Honey Road' This Summer for a Sweet Taste of Local Culture
An innovative eco-tourism project in northeast Turkey will take travelers along ancient nomadic routes to taste artisanal organic honey, meet local beekeepers, and enjoy spectacular scenery along the way.
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Ask Pablo: What Is The Greenest Booze?
Ask Pablo answers: What's the greenest kind of booze we can drink this holiday season?
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Surprise! Grocery Store Honey is Not Actually Honey
That honey that lines the shelves of your local grocery store probably isn't honey at all.
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NYC Has Been Buzzing With Apples And Honey
Honeybee Baby and Mom at the Honey Festival Photo By Bonnie Hulkower With Rosh Hashana just a few days ago, I am still remembering the taste of honey drenched apples and challah. There have been plenty of apples and honeys all over NYC in the past
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Turkish Beekeepers Abuzz Over Pesticide Concerns
If you ask me, the real "Turkish delight" is served at breakfast time: A square of rich, thick kaymak (clotted cream), topped with fresh-off-the-comb honey (bal).
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A Funny Flow Chart to Help You Choose Your Sweetener (Or Avoid One Altogether)
If you like a little sugar in your morning (and late morning, and afternoon) coffee, but don't like the calories, there's a good chance you use one of the many artificial sweeteners on the market. But there's plenty of evidence
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The Red Bees of Brooklyn, and a Search for a Solution
Earlier in the week, the New York Times reported that bees in Brooklyn had started turning red, and their honey was looking like bright red goo. It turned out that
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Do Posh Bees Make Better Honey?
Do posh bees make better honey? These bees, living in the heart of Mayfair, only forage in the best places such as St. James Park and Buckingham Palace.
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October Eco-Tidbits from Turkey
Environmentalists marched in Istanbul to demand solutions to climate change (L) while members of Greenpeace (R) face jail time for protesting plans to build Turkey's first nuclear power plant. Photos: 350.org (L), Greenpeace Akdeniz
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Adventures In Honey- A Rosh Hashana Love Story At Saul's Deli
Rosh Hashana, also known as the Jewish New Year, was celebrated this past week. One of the iconic symbols of the holiday, is honey, which is eaten with challah and apples. Honey has important meaning for the celebrants of Rosh
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City Bees Go to Church in London and Get Saved
The plight of the bumblebee is a matter of great concern. Their numbers are declining, some species are on the brink of extinction and colony collapse disorder has spread in the U.S. Albert Einstein may (or may not) have said
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People Provide Missing Piece in Biodiversity Puzzle
The head of a cooperative of honey harvesters, a park guide, and a doctor who uses a garden of medicinal plants to treat asthma and other ailments are
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Can 'Ecological Exploitation' Save Teghut Forest?
Supporters of protecting the Teghut Forest in northern Armenia from a company's plans to build an open-pit copper mine there have an uphill battle to fight against the perception that mining
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How to Mind Your Own Bees Wax
As part of their "I Have a Green Job" series, Grist talks to Michael Thompson, a professional bee keeper and co-founder of Chicago Honey Co-op, an agricultural cooperative that's dedicated to chemical-free beekeeping.When
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Milan Furniture Fair 2010: Cookie Jar Encourages Healthy Eating
There are a lot of things that make you fat -- Lloyd has this great list. But often it comes down to eating a cookie when you should be eating a banana. If you (or people in your family) have this problem too, then the
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Poison In The Hive: High Levels Of Pesticides & Breakdown Products Found In Bees Wax & Pollen
Bee Hive Super in the Apiarie Image credit:Amazing Honey Bee Science News covers new research that suggests a plausible explanation for 'colony collapse disorder' affecting honey bees. Over 700 samples of wax and pollen were taken from honey bee
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Super Honey Helps Fight Off MRSA Superbugs
Honey lovers, you have a whole new reason to feel dedicated to the sweet sticky stuff. We know that honey has been used as an antibacterial for cuts and scrapes for ages. The high sugar content strips much-needed
