The Buzz

In this section you will the very latest links to topical Bee matters that our Membership secretary gets sent and which he harvests via Google Alerts

15 best honeys to keep in your store cupboard, according to the GHI

26-Jan-24 – Good Housekeeping

https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/uk/food/food-reviews/g46503612/best-honey/

UK Government Approves Controversial Bee-Harming Pesticide, Wildlife Trusts Raise Concerns

26-Jan-24 – Cornish Stuff

Honey from stingless bees may offer sweet perks without the tooth decay

24-Jan-24 – Nature Research aus

https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-023-00359-3

New sustainable bee packaging creates a buzz

24-Jan-24 – Packaging Scotland

The vegan farce that is ‘bee-free’ honey will spell disaster for bees, farmers and all of us

24-Jan-24 – Country Life

https://www.countrylife.co.uk/nature/the-vegan-farce-that-is-bee-free-honey-will-264560

Bee-harming pesticide use given emergency authorisation

23-Jan-24 – BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-64380762

More flowers are ‘selfing,’ scientists say. That could spell trouble for other species

23-Jan-24 – CNN

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/01/23/world/flower-self-fertilization-pollinator-decline-scn/index.html

Charlottetown homeowner who refused to mow lawn receives 'excessive' bill from city

20-Jan-24 – CBC

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-grass-cutting-mike-ross-1.7090017

Suffolk divided over easing of neonicotinoid ban on beet

19-Jan-24 – East Anglian Daily Times

https://www.eadt.co.uk/news/24060465.suffolk-divided-easing-neonicotinoid-ban-beet/

MEPs reject Commission proposal to allow higher pesticide level in imported foods

17-Jan-24 – Euractiv

https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/meps-reject-commission-proposal-to-allow-higher-pesticide-level-in-imported-foods/

The Nature Restoration Law: a vote on our livelihood

17-Jan-24 – The Parliament

https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/nature-restoration-law-vote-european-parliament

Mystery solved after 3 million bees are found dead in just 24 hours

15-Jan-24 – Unilad

https://www.unilad.com/news/us-news/bees-dead-san-diego-what-happened-588421-20240115

Cultivating Wider Adoption of Biopesticides: Enabling Policies

11-Jan-24 – Fera

https://www.fera.co.uk/news/cultivating-wider-adoption-of-biopesticides-enabling-policies/

The Beekeeper is exactly the Jason Statham movie you want to see

10-Jan-24 – Yahoo Movies

https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/beekeeper-exactly-jason-statham-movie-190000205.html

The surprising link between air pollution and declining honeybee populations

10-Jan-24 – Envirotech

https://www.envirotech-online.com/news/air-monitoring/6/jennifer-kingman-independent-author/the-surprising-link-between-air-pollution-and-declining-honeybee-populations/61806

Exploring Bentley’s Black Edition Label Honey

10-Jan-24 – Salon Privé magazine
https://www.salonprivemag.com/exploring-bentleys-black-edition-label-honey/

In Colombia, illegally felled timber repurposed to help bees

28-Dec-23 – Phys.org

https://phys.org/news/2023-12-colombia-illegally-felled-timber-repurposed.html#:~:text=Bees%20need%20hives%20to%20store,by%20pesticides%20and%20climate%20change.

Spiced honey rum released by Hive Mind in Monmouthshire

27-Dec-23 – South Wales Argus

https://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/24007415.spiced-honey-rum-released-hive-mind-monmouthshire/

Insect compasses, fire-fighting vines: 2023's nature-inspired tech

23-Dec-23 – TechExplore

https://techxplore.com/news/2023-12-insect-compasses-fire-fighting-vines-nature-inspired.html

British honey makers blast EU for 'discriminating' against them with petty new law

21-Dec-23 – The Express

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1847843/eu-honey-rules-uk-britain-european-union

Honey spirits range launched by brewery

21-Dec-23 – Insider Media

https://www.insidermedia.com/news/wales/honey-spirits-range-launched-by-brewery

Bentley celebrates sweet success with special edition honey

18-Dec-23 – UK Motor 1

https://uk.motor1.com/news/701211/bentley-black-edition-label-honey/

World’s Rarest Jar of Honey: 2050 MGO Mānuka Honey

09-Dec-23 – Salon Prive

https://www.salonprivemag.com/worlds-rarest-jar-of-honey-2050/

British Sugar fails to deliver on 3-year plan to end use of banned neonicotinoids

08-Dec-23 – Suffolk Wildlife Trust

https://www.suffolkwildlifetrust.org/news/british-sugar-fails-deliver-3-year-plan-end-use-banned-neonicotinoids

Wild birds ‘distinguish between calls made by different African tribes’ – study

07-Dec-23 – Various

https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/national/23976110.wild-birds-distinguish-calls-made-different-african-tribes---study/

The smartest of their time: the Nobel prizes of 1973 - methods that honeybees use to communicate

04-Dec-23 – The Boar

What it’s like to be a bee

21-Nov-23 – Princeton University Press

https://press.princeton.edu/ideas/what-its-like-to-be-a-bee

How Kate Humble’s move to the country inspired her to get back to nature and give beekeeping a try – exclusive

30-Nov-23 – Hello!

https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/508065/kate-humble-big-give-exclusive-getting-back-to-nature-working-with-bees-for-development/

Are Percy Pigs Vegan? A Closer Look At The Iconic Treat – The problems with beeswax

28-Nov-23 – Plant Based News

Honeybees cluster together when it’s cold – but we’ve been completely wrong about why

24-Nov-23 – The Conversation

https://theconversation.com/honeybees-cluster-together-when-its-cold-but-weve-been-completely-wrong-about-why-218066#:~:text=But%20my%20study%20shows%20that,)%20colonies%20don't%20hibernate.

Lawyers warn watchdog over UK government's approval of bee-threatening pesticide

17-Nov-23 – Client Earth

https://www.clientearth.org/latest/press-office/lawyers-warn-watchdog-over-uk-government-s-approval-of-bee-threatening-pesticide/

12 animals that help people and the planet – (No.10)

15-Nov-23 – IFAW

https://www.ifaw.org/uk/journal/animals-help-people-and-planet

What You Should Know Before Heating Honey

11-Nov-23 – TastingTable

https://www.tastingtable.com/1443951/reason-never-cook-honey/

Glyphosate

30-Oct-23 – DrugWatch
https://www.drugwatch.com/roundup/glyphosate/

The London Bee Situation: How Sustainable Is Beekeeping in London?

17-Apr-23 - Biological Recording

The first coins to be struck include the £1 featuring British Bees

02-Nov-23 – The Royal Mint

https://www.royalmint.com/aboutus/press-centre/the-royal-mint-begins-production-of-new-1-coin-featuring-british-bees/

Pet medicine chemicals banned in agriculture found in English rivers

01-Nov-23 - The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/english-environment-agency-europe-government-spain-b2439421.html

Researchers to build hive of data from bee projects to drive biodiversity conservation efforts

01-Nov-23 – Carbon Pulse

https://carbon-pulse.com/233050/

Everything You Should Know About Honey Production and Why It Matters

31-Oct-23 – Intelligent Living

https://www.intelligentliving.co/everything-you-should-know-about-honey-production-and-why-it-matters/

Whoopi Goldberg wants to send the Pope some bees

13-Oct-23 – NME

https://www.nme.com/news/film/whoopi-goldberg-bees-pope-vatican-3514801

New AI algorithm will hopefully save ‘hopping’ bee from extinction

12-Oct-23 – Envirotec

Immersive exhibition on bees and their fight for survival is coming to National Museums Liverpool

12-Oct-23 – The Guide Liverpool

https://theguideliverpool.com/immersive-exhibition-on-bees-and-their-fight-for-survival-is-coming-to-national-museums-liverpool/

Bees from the trees go into deep freeze thanks to UON

09-Oct-23 – University of Northampton

Are Avocados Really Not Vegan? The Truth Behind The Claim

04-Oct-23 – Plant Based News

One in six species at risk of going extinct in Great Britain

27-Sep-23 – The Narural History Museum
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2023/september/one-in-six-species-at-risk-of-going-extinct-in-great-britain.html

Invasive Asian hornets nets destroyed in Kent as sightings rocket

30-Sep-23 – Kent Live

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/invasive-asian-hornets-nets-destroyed-8791582

How to report Asian hornets as nest found in Southend

29-Sep-23 – Echo News

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/23824709.report-asian-hornets-nest-found-southend/

Syrian beekeepers battle both war and climate change

28-Sep-23 – Arab News

https://www.arabnews.com/node/2382171/middle-east

'Active operations' underway after Asian hornets spotted on Teesside and nest located in Yarm

24-Sep-23 – Gazette Live

https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/news/teesside-news/active-operations-underway-after-asian-27778354

EU executive proposes 10-year glyphosate approval extension

20-Sep-23 – Reuters

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/european-commission-proposes-10-year-approval-extension-glyphosate-2023-09-20/

Extinction Rebellion: Sheffield protestors visit Garden Centres dressed as Bees to protest weed killer sales

20-Sep-23 – The Star

https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/environment/extinction-rebellion-sheffield-protestors-visit-garden-centres-dressed-as-bees-4261866

‘Massively concerning’: 2023 sees record number of Asian hornet sightings

19-Sep-23 – ENDS

https://www.endsreport.com/article/1837797/massively-concerning-2023-sees-record-number-asian-hornet-sightings

Huge killer Asian hornets nearly wipe out beekeeper’s business after tearing through hives

19-Sep-23 – The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/asian-hornets-kill-bees-business-b2412267.html

We asked a beekeeper how to get the best from your honey

14-Sep-23 – Jewish Chronicle

https://www.thejc.com/life-and-culture/all/we-asked-a-beekeeper-how-to-get-the-best-from-your-honey-2uROewummt1C7DBuSIkg28

Glyphosate herbicide is ‘absolutely fine’ to use, says environment secretary

13-Sep-23 – The Independent

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/therese-coffey-glyphosate-government-monsanto-union-b2410653.html

New Forest: Warning as Asian hornet nests spotted in garden

10-Sep-23 – Daily Echo

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23779956.new-forest-warning-asian-hornet-nests-spotted-garden/

Dealing with hornets, wasps and bees helpline

06-Sep-23 – ITVx

https://www.itv.com/thismorning/articles/dealing-with-hornets-wasps-and-bees-helpline

Beekeeper helping protect the disease-free status of Manx bees

04-Sep-23 – EnergyFM

https://www.energyfm.net/cms/news_story_795984.html

Scientists fear future of UK bees as Asian hornet sightings rise

04-Sep-23 – ITVx

https://www.itv.com/news/2023-09-04/scientists-fear-future-of-uk-bees-as-asian-hornet-sightings-rise

Fears over record sightings of Asian hornets in UK - most of which have been in Kent

01-Sep-23 – Kent Live

https://www.kentlive.news/news/kent-news/fears-over-record-sightings-asian-8720714

Is Beekeeping Wrong?

21-Aug-23 – The New Yorker
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/08/28/is-beekeeping-wrong