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Best Plants for Bees and Butterflies in Florida

Best Plants for Bees and Butterflies in Florida

Best Plants for Bees and Butterflies in Florida Summer is approaching and if you are a garden freak then you must be thinking about potential additions to your lawn. Specifically, this time of year is perfect for giving a try to new blooms and while you are at it, you...

Bee Feeder

Bee Feeder

The Bee Feeder for city bees Guest contribution by Dr. Alexandre Serain Shvaloff, Paris, France1. How it works   The Bee Feeder by Dr. Alexandre Serain Shvaloff makes sure that bees can stay hydrated all year round, given that you always keep it filled with...

5 ways you can help protect our brilliant bees at home

5 ways you can help protect our brilliant bees at home

5 ways you can help protect our brilliant bees at home  Guest post by Scott Hawthorne Scott Hawthorne works for waste management company SkipsAndBins.com, which runs a campaign to help raise money for Friends of the Earth's Bee Cause. Here, he shares five ways to help...

What is Manuka Honey?

What is Manuka Honey?

What is Manuka Honey? Learn more about the wonder honey from New Zealand and Australia     The original material of manuka honey is the nectar of the Manuka trees. Those trees grow in New Zealand and South Eastern Australia. Honey bees collect this nectar...

Consumer guide for bee products

Consumer guide for bee products

Consumer guide for bee products How to make a responsible choice for your health and the bees’ wellbeingIn this guide you will learn how to make the difference between real and fake honey and other products of the hive. In the recent years, there has been a renewed...

Where to buy sustainable honey

Where to buy sustainable honey

Where to buy sustainable honey An ethical guide for buying honey     Valued for centuries as a natural sweetener and for it’s health benefits, the worldwide honey demand keeps growing. Meanwhile we witness increasingly intensive bee-farming methods...