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Article: Beez in the hood: when you think of beekeepers you probably think of hives tended in sunny, country meadows. But sweet honey also comes from city slicker bees.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 1, 2009
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The average American eats 1.3 pounds of honey per year made from 9 pounds of nectar gathered from about 2,600,000 flowers. The bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios on your breakfast table is only one of many ways bees help feed us. The milk you pour on your cereal and the glass of orange .juice you drink on your way out the door wouldn't be there without the pollination services provided by honeybees. Pollinating more than 150 major crops, bees are directly responsible for one out of every three mouthfuls of food we eat. Because they require very little space and maintenance, they also prove to be one of the easiest types of livestock to keep in the ...
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July 24, 2008 ;
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...Byline: Jean Peabody LAST night ... hundreds of dead bees over an area of perhaps ... illness wiping out bees, but also read that ... affecting the British bee population and that ... large numbers of dead bees, or know what it could be? Jean Peabody, Formby
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