European consumers will soon be able to consume real honey without exploiting a bee. That’s because MeliBio, the California-based startup that unveiled the world’s first true bee-free honey, recently announced a partnership with Narayan Foods, Europe’s largest organic and sustainable plant-based food producer. Through this partnership, MeliBio will be available in 75,000 European stores under … Read more

A biotech company announced this week that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted them conditional approval for a honey bee vaccine. The vaccine boosts the bee’s immune system to fight American Foulbrood, a colony-attacking bacteria-based disease caused by Paenibacillus larvae. Vital to our food supply, honeybees are plagued by American Foulbrood, which … Read more

In the spring of 2020, Heather Matilla, a professor of biological sciences at Wellesley, was waiting for a shipment of honey bees for hives on campus. Matilla lives in Boston, near the Arnold Arboretum. “I didn’t have them as practice at home before,” he says. But since the pandemic, I’ve had bees in my yard … Read more

Some Iowa beekeepers make more money by taking their bees to California to pollinate almond trees in the winter, but that’s literally no longer the case with the drought on the West Coast. “Some of the old orchards are falling apart,” said Phil Ebert, 80, founder of Ebert Honey, with operations in Mount Vernon and … Read more

Honey does not spoil, but it can lose its flavor or nature if stored improperly. Store honey in a closed container away from sunlight. But more precisely, how should this sticky substance be stored? Is it a refrigerator or a shelf? And does honey go bad? Glad to learn that honey does not go bad … Read more

The global honey market was valued at USD 8.92 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach USD 25.8 billion by 2028, with a CAGR of over 5.3% during the forecast period (2028-2022). According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), global honey production reached 1.88 million tons in 2020. The global increase in … Read more

Edmonds Central is hosting a bee training institute where teachers from 23 other school districts will learn how to operate their own beehives at their schools. Edmonds Central science teacher Spencer Cody created the program to not only bring bee hives to her students, but to other districts as well. In May, we actually had … Read more

The lifespan of honeybees has decreased significantly. New research shows that their lives are 50% shorter today than half a century ago. This research was conducted in a laboratory and showed that this drop is due to something other than a change in environmental conditions. “Honey bees are our most important pollinators and provide many … Read more

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Did you know that the main purpose of honey is to provide carbohydrates and other vital elements such as amino acids, antioxidants and natural antibiotics for bees? In fact, many vegans avoid honey because industrial honey production may be harmful to bees. Many vegans do not differentiate between beekeeping and other categories of animal husbandry. … Read more