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Image via Wikipedia Other name: Propolis Definition: Propolis is a resinous mixture that bees collect from tree buds, sap flows, or other botanical sources. It is used as a sealant for unwanted open spaces in the hive. Propolis is used for small gaps (approximately 6.35 millimeters (0.3 in) or less), while larger spaces are usually filled with beeswax.

Bird It was passed from one bird to another, the whole gift of the day. The day went from flute to flute, went dressed in vegetation, in flights which opened a tunnel through the wind would pass to where birds were breaking open the dense blue air - and there, night came in.

I know, you are thinking, Valentine you must be one of those California Green Moonbats, aren’t you?  Well, I am a person of the green way, who has been a healer in this lifetime, except right now we need the interventions on a larger scale!  No problemo.  It has to do with colony collapse disorder, not just for bees but also the planet…of humans!

Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, a bee) is the practice of keeping and the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives (i.e. the apiary). A beekeeper (or apiarist) may keep bees in order to collect honey and beeswax, or for the purpose of pollinating crops, or to produce bees for sale to other beekeepers.

Burt's Bees Community Page on Bees http://www.burtsbees.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?contentPageName=Colony%20Collapse%20Disorder&storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&langId=-1 ... Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, a bee) is the practice of keeping and the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives (i.e.

Honey from the 'hood: A new flow from Pittsburgh's urban neighborhoods http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08206/899003-34.stm http://www.post-gazette.com/multimedia/?videoid=100778 (video) ... Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, a bee) is the practice of keeping and the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives (i.e.

Filed under: backyard science, gardening and plants, nature It's been all over the news for about six months now: there is a bee shortage. While this probably means catastrophic things for our planet in general terms, more specifically, it leaves us with a lack of honey for cooking and body care products, and less beeswax than we'd like to make lip balms and other lovelies.

Every Third Bite http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/8/?id=12 This is a great film that covers the importance of the honey bees in our life. Take a few moments and watch this video and then go out... Beekeeping (or apiculture, from Latin apis, a bee) is the practice of keeping and the maintenance of honey bee colonies, commonly in hives (i.e.

Bee News Pollination: The bee's essential job http://newsminer.com/news/2008/jul/16/pollination-bees-essential-job/ Local beekeeper careful with colonies With die-off scare, keepers are extra attentive this year http://www.statesmanjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080716/COMMUNITIES/807160348/1117

Filed under: gardening and plants, nature Colony collapse disorder, the mysterious phenomenon that has entire colonies of honeybees vanishing into thin air, has brought the state of our bee population to the forefront. Not many people realize this, but bees pollinate about 90% of our flowering crops.