#Bacteria from bees possible alternative to antibioticsraw honey has been used against infections for millennia before honey--as we now know it--was manufactured
Researchers at Lund University in Sweden have identified a unique group of 13 lactic acid bacteria found in fresh honey from the honey stomach of bees.
It seems to have worked well for millions of years of protecting bees'health and honey against other harmful microorganisms.
However since store-bought honey doesn't contain the living lactic acid bacteria many of its unique properties have been lost in recent times explains Tobias Olofsson.
The findings have implications for developing countries where fresh honey is easily available but also for Western countries where antibiotic resistance is seriously increasing.
which has been used to authenticate foods including honey and olive oil. They analyzed tomatoes grown in greenhouses and outdoors with conventional or organic fertilizers.
The honeybee (Apis mellifera) is of crucial importance for humanity. One third of our food is dependent on the pollination of fruits nuts and vegetables by bees and other insects.
In a new study described in Scientific Reports researchers took a broad look at changes in gene activity in response to diet in the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera)
The researchers focused on gene activity in response to feeding with honey high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) or sucrose.
Hundreds of genes showed differences in activity in honey bees consuming honey compared with those fed HFCS or sucrose.
I. entomology professor and department head May Berenbaum who reported that some substances in honey increase the activity of genes that help the bees break down potentially toxic substances such as pesticides.
Our results further show honey induces gene expression changes on a more global scale and it now becomes important to investigate
However there is increasing evidence that the global honey bee trade has detrimental effects including the spread of new diseases
whether commercial honey bee strains are actually more productive all things considered. There is not much point in having a highly productive strain
Our results indicate that the way forward is to strengthen the breeding programmes with local honey bees instead of imported queens.
The research was carried out by members of the international honey bee research association COLOSS that has members in 63 countries.
It's also nontoxic allowing the honey to be edible for human consumption. Our bacteria produce a volatile chemical that's dispersed through the air
In honeybees no negative effects were found in toxicity trials exposing bees to the bacteria in the air or in their honey.
or Honey Sunshine Kizer says. Original Cheeriosâ can also be jazzed up with some vanilla extract and cinnamon or PB2Â a natural dried peanut butter powder that can make plain Cheerios taste a lot more like their peanut butter variety without all the added sugar.
Bee researchers had observed already that honeybees including Africanized Apis mellifera better known as killer bees divide tasks by age.
and livelihoods without direct conflict with elephants and they can harvest the honey too for extra income'says Lucy.'
Medical professionals sometimes use honey successfully as a topical dressing but it could play a larger role in fighting infections the researchers predicted.
In addition several studies have shown that honey inhibits the formation of biofilms or communities of slimy disease-causing bacteria she said.
Meschwitz who is with Salve Regina University in Newport R i. said another advantage of honey is that unlike conventional antibiotics it doesn't target the essential growth processes of bacteria.
Several studies have demonstrated a correlation between the non-peroxide antimicrobial and antioxidant activities of honey and the presence of honey phenolics she added.
A large number of laboratory and limited clinical studies have confirmed the broad-spectrum antibacterial antifungal and antiviral properties of honey according to Meschwitz.
She said that her team also is finding that honey has antioxidant properties and is an effective antibacterial.
We have run standard antioxidant tests on honey to measure the level of antioxidant activity she explained.
In our antibacterial studies we have been testing honey's activity against E coli Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa among others.*
#Phony honey a sweet deal for counterfeiters, bad for consumersconsumers buying honey might not be getting
if passed put more stringent requirements on the federal government to ensure the origin of imported honey
and big box stores farmers markets and natural food and drug stores around the country and found more than 75 percent of the honey being sold has all of the pollen filtered out according to Food safety News
Large importing companies take all the pollen out of honey because they claim it makes the honey clearer
and prevents crystallization therefore making it easier to sell Bryant explains. However by removing the pollen you also remove clues needed to verify where the honey was produced and
what nectar sources are dominant. This means that with no traces of pollen honey sellers can take cheap honey
and claim it's a type that sells for a premium price. Certain types of premium honey can sell for upwards of $50 a jar
and this high price has opened the door for honey fraud. The FDA doesn't require pollen in honey sold in the U s. Bryant says so importers are free to remove it.
This makes it possible for some companies to buy cheap honey with no pollen and there are no clues to know where it comes from he asserts.
Bryant who has a modern pollen reference collection of 20000 types from all over the world (worth he estimates between $4-5 million) uses it
By identifying the type of pollen in a honey sample he can tell where the honey came from and
The U s. also has high tariffs or taxes on the honey from some countries such as China.
and in the past they were accused of'dumping'their excess honey on the market at prices below the world price.
Some of those other countries then resold the Chinese honey to the U s. claiming the honey was produced in the second country.
and Border Protection (CBP) agency resources exist to address concerns that honey as well as contraband archaeological
That provision is designed to help stop honey transshipments by requiring CBP to compile a database of the individual characteristics of imported honey to verify country of origin
and it will help the honest beekeepers sell their honey. Preventing the importation of cheap bogus honey is vital to ensuring the survival of U s. beekeepers says the professor.
report findsmexico is the fourth largest honey producer and fifth largest honey exporter in the world.
David Roubik senior staff scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and colleagues developed the ability to identify pollen grains in honey in Panama
They found that six honey samples from nine hives in the Campeche region contained soy pollen
Due to strict European regulations rural farmers in the Mexican Yucatan face significant price cuts or outright rejection of their honey crop
To test the honey for GMO pollen researchers from the Smithsonian El Colegio de la Frontera Sur la Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan
With an economy based on subsistence agriculture associated with honey production the social implications of this shift in the status of honey are likely to be contentious
The National Honey Board the U s. Department of agriculture-National Institute of Food and Agriculture-Agriculture and Food Research Initiative-Coordinated Agricultural Projects and the Foundational Award programs funded this research.
Male honey bees more susceptible than females to widespread intestinal parasitegender differences in nature are common including in humans.
These findings demonstrate the delicate nature of male honey bees which are important to honey bee colony reproduction to a well-distributed parasite.
Male honey bees known as drones on the other hand are haploid and contain only one chromosome set. The haploid susceptibility hypothesis predicts that haploid males are more prone to disease compared to their diploid female counterparts
Honey and pollinationhoney bees as all insect pollinators provide crucial ecosystem and economic service which is relevant for our food security.
Annually in Europe more than 24 million honey bee colonies contribute to the production of 130000 tons of honey
The user can then harvest honey by releasing smoke and opening the top of the capsule.
and humans benefit from the honey and the therapeutic value of observing these fascinating creatures in action.
This honey of a robot will fly like no other! Fly me to the moon.
In Melbourne, the growing popularity of beekeeping has been driven predominantly by the founders of the Melbourne City Rooftop Honey group (MCRH),
The Melbourne City Rooftop Honey project Concerned by the growing disconnect between food production and consumption
Kwiatkowski and Lumalasi aim to raise public awareness of the importance of bees by helping the community create delicious honey.
who take a cut of the honey in exchange for maintaining and monitoring the hives.
We not only just share honey with our supporters, we share knowledge, connect people, and create a sense of community,
The local community also benefit by some true Ëoelocal produce-oe a great tasting honey
if someone tells you there is money in making honey, laugh and walk away. It is not very profitable, financially,
The bees are set to produce around 15 kilos of honey per year, double the amount that was projected initially.
Poelaert, who uses a lot of the honey in his dishes, has grown a passion for beekeeping. Å They are amazing creatures.
and collect the honey, there s always a new story. It's always very interesting, Â he says.
 For Scanlon, the benefits of keeping bees go beyond sharing honey with her neighbors:
and gives our poor honey bee a bad name. Regulations and compliance In Melbourne, there are local council restrictions on beekeeping due to land size.
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Apparently they take some milk, some honey, and grind up small quantities of the amber and put that in as well, he told Scientific American.
94%of its poultry and shell eggs and 100%of its honey. The study says:
and discarded so there is excess honey to harvest later on. The Food Lab receives the bugs in different stages of development:
it turned out the honey had been transshipped from China. That's bad for two reasons. First, the importing company was not paying the proper tariff.
Second, the honey in question contained antibiotics that are regulated more closely in the United states. It turns out
however, that honey from China has a very unique signature. Technology for tracing food origins has been available for decades.
we also talk about honey making and transforming a pool into an aquaponic system. We saw that all these disparate pieces had a through-line of conscious creativity.
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the two companies use the honey in the employee  cafeteria  and offer beekeeping classes.
and the rising price of honey have made hives, complete with their inhabitants, a target for thieves.
He runs the Great Little Honey Company with his wife, Marieanne, who says it was"heartbreaking"to discover so many hives had been stolen."
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