The CRC’s CEO Liz Barbour talks to Parwinder Kaur and Armin Patrick Scheben from The Scope about the science behind the bee industry and the CRC’s role in increasing the value of honey products in Australia.
Bees are essential to our life, but how much do we know about them? When we see a bee, do we imagine an animal that might harm us, or one that is helping to feed us? Mat Welch talks bees at TEDx, presented in Perth 2014.
A world without bees would be missing many fruits, vegetables and nuts—not to mention honey. Colony collapse disorder has wreaked havoc on bee populations around the world. This is a serious problem where bees set out to gather pollen but never make it back to the hive. Small but important, bees help pollinate one-third of …
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The marketing of Manuka honey has been so successful that its price has soared. Counterfeit products are rife! When you pick up a jar of honey, you think ‘Bees’! But you should also be thinking… which plants have these bees been feeding on? Why, I hear you ask? Because every jar of honey is vastly …
THERE will be an opportunity for a new generation of beekeepers to get training when a co-operative research centre for honey bee products opens in Yanchep. The co-operative research centre to be housed at the Innovation Hub on the corner of Yanchep Beach Rd and Welwyn Ave wants the number of professional beekeepers to double …