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MONTEREY, Calif., Dec. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Ndal Laboratories, LTD. (pronounced en-dall), a U.S. Corporation based in Monterey, California, announces a breakthrough for heartburn sufferers with its revolutionary new natural heartburn remedy using all-natural ingredients including Medical Grade Manuka Honey, a product discussed on the Dr. Oz show in June of 2011. "We have launched our first U.S.-manufactured product, Nutralize, under the ManukaGuard® brand," states Mr. William...
A new study of bees has come to the conclusion that bee swarm communication works similarly to that of neurons in the human brain. The study, published in the December 9 issue of Science, found that bees use inhibitory “stop” signals to prohibit the scout bees from completing a waggle dance that helps bees learn the directions of competing sites for new hives. This behavior helps to ensure that the best homesite is found for the hive. Thomas Seeley, a biologist from Cornell...
All honey gifts are raw, unfiltered and from single floral sources produced by American family-owned apiaries. The new website and blog feature honey recipes with educational video demonstrations and ideas for taste-enhancing food pairings. Honey gifts are packaged to display the distinct golden hues of each varietal. New York, NY (PRWEB) December 08, 2011 Single floral varietal raw honey gifts, artfully displayed in crystal clear bottles and vials, are featured by Bee Raw Honey in its...
Why are bee colonies worldwide suffering mysterious deaths? A unique study describes a single bee protein that can promote bee health and solve a major economic challenge. Honey bees are the most effective pollinators of many agricultural crops and vitally important to food production. Honey bee health is a topic of considerable concern due to massive deaths of bee colonies in the USA and Europe. Recently, the European Union reacted by promising more resources for honey bee research,...
A British biologist has discovered that buzzing bees will keep elephants from stomping on African plantations. Lucy King, a research at Oxford University, was honored on Tuesday by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) in the western Norwegian town of Bergen for developing a wire fence connected to apiaries that begin to buzz when an elephant trips the wire. “Dr. King’s work spotlights an intelligent solution to an age-old challenge while providing further confirmation of...
A honey bee becomes a royal queen or a common worker as a result of the food she receives as a larva. While it has been well established that royal jelly is the diet that makes bees queens, the molecular path from food to queen is still in dispute. However, scientists at Arizona State University, led by Adam Dolezal and Gro Amdam, have helped reconcile some of the conflicts about bee development and the role of insulin pathways and partner proteins. Their article "IIS and TOR...
Honey bee populations have been mysteriously falling for at least five years in the United States, but the cause of so-called colony collapse disorder (CCD) is still largely unknown. In a report published Nov. 2 in the online journal PLoS ONE, researchers report that a widely used in-hive medication may make bees more susceptible to toxicity of commonly used pesticides, and that this interaction may be at least partially responsible for the continuing honey bee population loss. The...
Smithsonian scientists have discovered two new, closely related bee species: one from Coiba Island in Panama and another from northern Colombia. Both descended from of a group of stingless bees that originated in the Amazon and moved into Central America, the ancestors of Mayan honeybees. The presence of one of these new species on Coiba and Rancheria Islands, and its absence from the nearby mainland, is a mystery that will ultimately shed light on Panama's history and abundant biodiversity....
SUNRISE, Fla., Oct. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- NaturaNectar LLC, just announced that it has made significant progress with its exclusive standardized variations of bee propolis extracts (PWE(TM) and FLAV(TM)) allowing for the launch of the first line of functional supplements from propolis in the USA. "These products are only possible because of the significant work done for decades in Scandinavia by our Partner PRC - Propolis Research Centre A/S, the strong partnership with the scientific...
Scientists are reporting deep new insights into whys and hows of the famous caste system that dominates honey bee societies, with a select few bee larvae destined for royalty and the masses for worker status. Their study probing the innermost biological makings of queen bees and worker bees appears in ACS's Journal of Proteome Research. Jianke Li and colleagues (The joint work of scientists from China and Ethiopia) note that despite more than a century of research, mysteries remain about...
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Apiology is the scientific study of honey bees, a subdiscipline of melittology (the study of all bees), which is a subdiscipline of entomology. Melittology comprises of more than 17,000 species other than the honey bee. Apiology includes apicology, which is the study of honey bee ecology. Honey bees are often chosen as a study group to answer questions on the evolution of social systems. People who study honey bees are called apiologists. There have been a number of notable apiologists...
The bumblebee is a flying insect of the genus Bombus in the family Apidae and a relative of the common honeybee. The bumblebee feeds on nectar and gathers pollen to feed its young. They are beneficial to humans and the plant world alike, and tend to be larger than other members of the bee family. Most bumblebee species are gentle. From this comes their original name: "Humblebee". Bumblebees are social insects that are known for their black and yellow striped bodies, a commonality among the...
The honeybee is a colonial insect that is often maintained, fed, and transported by farmers. Honeybees are a subset of bees which fall into the Order Hymenoptera and Suborder Apocrita. Of the approximately 20,000 known species of bees, four are considered honeybees: Apis florea, Apis dorsata, Apis cerana, and Apis mellifera (Western honeybee). It is thought that they have been domesticated at least since the time of the building of the Egyptian pyramids. Honeybees store honey (which is...
Bees (Apoidea superfamily) are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants. They are adapted for feeding on nectar, and play an important role in pollinating flowering plants, and are called pollinators. Bees have a long proboscis that they use in order to obtain the nectar from flowers. Bees have antennae made up of thirteen segments in males and twelve in females. They have two pairs of wings, the back pair being the smaller of the two. Bees are fuzzy and carry an electrostatic...
