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NEWS ABOUT: honey

honey stories: 6 news summaries

 Beekeepers 
 Stung by 
 Rustlers 

High price of honey motivates thieves to cart off bees by the million

May 22, 09 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - A spate of thefts has rocked Britain's once close-knit beekeeping community, the Independent reports. Many farmers have lost hives, sometimes up to 100 in one theft, worth many thousands of dollars. A shortage of honey after massive bee die-offs over two harsh winters has made bees valuable enough to be... More »

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bees • theft • honey • Britain

INVESTIGATION

 Honey Packers Fail to 
 Report Tainted Imports 

Companies often simply send honey back to importer

Jan 29, 09 2:25 PM CST
(Newser) - US honey packers often don’t tell authorities about imports contaminated with banned antibiotics or other chemicals, and instead simply send the products back, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports after a lengthy investigation. Importers can then get the tainted honey into the American market through another packer, as two Chicago businessmen... More »

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food contamination • antibiotics • food safety • honey • imported food • Food and Drug Administration • Chinese exports

Opinion

 Vegans: To Bee or Not to Bee?

Debate over bee explotation risks deluting animal rights message

Jul 31, 08 7:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Although many vegans view buttered toast and milk as sacrilegious snack fare, a growing “flexitarian” attitude could loosen up the menu to include honey, writes Daniel Engber for Slate. Vegan hardliners argue consumption of the beekeeping byproduct amounts to supporting forced labor, while nectarous proponents counter that such logic... More »

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honeybees • animal rights • honey • vegetarianism • vegans • vegan diet

Making Mead Creates a Buzz Among Foodies

Ancient brew kinda cool, but not likely to replace Bud

Mar 1, 08 6:34 AM CST
(Newser) - Mead, that honey-based alcoholic drink last popular around King Arthur’s Round Table, is making a comeback—well, sort of, Nicholas Day reports in Slate. Meaderies are springing up around the US, publishers have printed a spate of how-to books, and the Internet is rife with mead-making sites that include... More »

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Connecticut • honeybee • honey • Beowulf • mead • brewing • meaderies • Rabbit's Foot Meadery • Mountain Meadows Mead • King Arthur • The Compleat Meadmaker • home brewing

Honey Works on Kids' Coughs

Study says it soothes throat, helps children sleep

Dec 4, 07 7:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Parents looking for an alternative to cold medicines for their young kids might consider a sweet solution—honey. A new study suggests that a commonly available dark variety soothes children's coughs and helps them sleep better, the Houston Chronicle reports.  The study comes in the wake of the FDA's... More »

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FDA • children • honey • cough syrup • cold medicine • alternative treatment • common cold

Safer Farms Sting Chinese Beekeepers

Cleaning up honey industry
means facing swarms of opposition

May 3, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Stung by recent scandals over tainted food exports, a small group of Chinese beekeepers is trying to sweeten up local honey production. They're throwing out standard practices, like using antibiotics to treat their colonies, and pushing natural options. But the old guard is using violence in its attempts to prevent... More »

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China • food • bees • food contamination • honey

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