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

When you hear the hum of a bee visiting a flower, you hear the movement of air created by the flapping of its wings. But it turns out that bees buzz in more ways than one. Giles Harrison: I first saw this when a bee landed on the electrode I was using and saw a … Read more

When we think of dying bees, we often think of pesticides and the resulting lack of food (which itself is linked to human environmental destruction). However, another important factor is parasites (such as varroa mites). When a 16-year-old from Connecticut, Raina Singhvi Jain, learned about these parasites and the declining bee population, she made it … Read more

Patients with an aggressive form of breast cancer may soon find relief from an unlikely source: bee venom. A recent study in Australia showed that this toxin kills cells in triple negative breast cancer in less than 60 minutes. This type of cancer is one of the most difficult to treat, and researchers believe this … Read more

Bee pollination is responsible for more than $15 billion in crops worldwide each year, with 1 in 3 bites of food directly or indirectly linked to bee pollination. A third of our food depends on the pollination of fruits, nuts and vegetables by bees and other insects. The massive loss of bee colonies in recent … Read more

Researchers at Alexander Fleming’s BSRC in Greece have optimized a method to detect DNA traces in honey, revealing the species with which honey bees interact. This collaborative work, led by researcher Dr. Solen Patalano, enabled the monitoring of bee diet variation throughout the year, revealing the microbiota of bees in a non-invasive way, as well … Read more