The UN designated May 20 as World Bee Day in 2017 and every year, the UN’s Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) sets a theme for the day. On March 6, 2025, FAO announced the theme for World Bee Day 2025. The theme celebrates the “vital roles of bees and other pollinators in ensuring global food […]
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Malaysia’s Tualang Honey & Bee Products Lengthen Telomeres
At the end of each chromosome, or cell is a DNA structure called Telomere. As our cells divide, the telomeres get shorter and shortening of telomeres over time, contributes to age related diseases. Dr. Andrew Valdez, St Thomas’ Hospital, London published research in 2005 showing that telomeres are shortened by about 27 kbp per year […]
Honey Can Improve Exercise and Help Muscle Building
Several honey brands are marketed to athletes and body builders. These brands advertise that honey can improve gym performance because it is a natural source of quick-digested carbohydrates, potentially aiding muscle recovery during and after exercise. This 2021 study, from the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry in Japan, showed that giving heart patients honey […]
Patagonia’s Ulmo Honey: an Antibacterial and Cancer Inhibitor
Patagonia’s bees make monofloral honey from the flowers of the Ulmo (Eucryphia cordifolia), a white flowering tree; (Ulmo is Spanish for Elm). Patagonia is untouched by commercial agriculture and the harmful effects of pesticides. Dr. Orla Sherlock, a Clinical Microbiology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, compared Ulmo Honey to Manuka Honey and […]
Italian Multifloral Honey May Help with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
As we age, the brain goes through oxidative stress caused by an accumulation of free radicals and depletion of antioxidants. Research shows that honey can help reduce the oxidative stress. and counter some of the effects of aging on the brain. Italian multifloral honey, has flavonoids daidzein, apigenin, genistin, luteolin, kaempferol, quercetin, and chrysin. These […]
Beeswax Food Wraps vs Plastic? Beeswax wins
Dr. Laura Ohl of Science Buddies designed an experiment to compare Beeswax Food Wraps to plastic wraps. The experiment compares the durability, heat resistance, and sealing effectiveness of beeswax wraps to plastic wraps. Beeswax food wraps win the test. The number of companies selling beeswax food wraps is increasing; the Farmer’s Cupboard lists 13 of […]
Celebrating Women Beekeepers: Agnes Powell, Founder of the Girl Scouts
On International Women’s Day we’d like to celebrate the achievements of Agnes Powell, a well known apiarist and founder of the Girl Scouts in 1910. Agnes was born in 1858, as the 13th of 14 children. One of her brothers, Robert Baden-Powell, founded the Boy Scouts. Agnes learned 11 languages, including Greek and Persian and […]