For five years they have wreaked havoc in the fields of south-western France, scaring locals with their venomous stings and ravaging the bee population to feed their rapacious appetites. Now, according to French beekeepers, Asian predatory hornets have been sighted in Paris for the first time, raising the prospect of a nationwide invasion which entomologists [...]
Archive for September, 2009
UK warned as plague of bee-eating hornets spreads north in France
Posted in Bee Present, Beekeeping on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Honey Sales in Kuwait up 20%!
Posted in Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beetwixt & Beetween on September 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Honey sales in Kuwait rose 20 percent last month as people concerned about the spread of swine flu attempted to boost their immune system naturally. Traditional medicine expert Youssef Al-Faresi told KUNA news agency that people were taking honey to ward off the H1N1 virus because of a lack of official vaccines. “Honey is commonly [...]
Bee Social
Posted in Bee Lore, Bee Present, Bee-ology, Beekeeping, Beetwixt & Beetween on September 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From Friday 4 September 2009 to Sunday 6 September 2009 from 12noon – close, there is a”Bee Social” going on as part of the Pestival weekend on the Southbank in London – to celebrate with the bees as the summer draws to an end. For one weekend only, Pestival is going to transform The Front [...]
