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Royal Jelly Protects Skin from Sun and Boosts Collagen

 

Royal jelly contains proteins, carbohydrates, fats, free amino acids, vitamins, and minerals. As its principal unsaturated fatty acid, Royal Jelly contains 10-hydroxy-2-decenoic acid (10-HDA), which may have anti-tumor and antibacterial activity and a capacity to stimulate collagen production. Increased collagen production is highly beneficial to skin health and the reason why products such as Collagen Protein and Active Collagen – they both increase collagen dramatically. Continue reading Royal Jelly Protects Skin from Sun and Boosts Collagen

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40% decline in honey bee population VIDEO

Scientists are researching the potential consequences of the rapid decline of the honey bee population in the U.S. and how to mitigate its effects before it causes dire problems for crop management and production.

Honey bees are essential for the pollination of flowers, fruits and vegetables, and support about $20 billion worth of crop production in the U.S. annually, Matthew Mulica, senior project manager at the Keystone Policy Center, a consulting company that works with the Honey Bee Health Coalition, told ABC News.

Worldwide, honey bees and other pollinators help to produce about $170 billion in crops, Scott McArt, assistant professor of pollinator health at Cornell University, told ABC News. WATCH THE VIDEO Continue reading 40% decline in honey bee population VIDEO

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National Pollinator Week June 17-23

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National Pollinator Week is a Sweet Celebration
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National Pollinator Week officially kicks off June 17th, and we couldn’t be more excited to spend an entire week celebrating all pollinators for the great work that they do to keep our world beautiful and our meals delicious!

National Pollinator Week’s history began just over a decade ago when the U.S. Senate designated that a week in June be dubbed “National Pollinator Week,” bringing about greater awareness of the plight of our declining pollinators. Along with the humble honey bee, National Pollinator Week Continue reading National Pollinator Week June 17-23

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Citrus Fruit Salad with Honey Mint Lime Syrup

citrus fruit salad

Citrus Fruit Salad is a refreshing dish that is easy to make. With the help of pollinators that visit millions of blossoms and pollinate a wide range of crops, including the grapefruit and oranges that make up our Citrus Fruit Salad with Honey Mint Lime Syrup. This refreshing dish is certainly one we will be enjoying all summer long!

YIELD: Makes 6 servings

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Honey Garlic Slow Cooker Ribs

Grab some napkins and make these super easy, super delicious Slow Cooker Honey-Garlic Baby Back Ribs! We couldn’t get enough of these Slow Cooker Honey-Garlic Baby Back Ribs! The recipe is a perfect balance of sweet and smoky flavors. These Slow Cooker Honey-Garlic Baby Back Ribs couldn’t be any easier to make – or any more delicious! The recipe for these ribs is below. Plus watch how we make them, click to view the video below. NOTE: The video will open in a new Tab.

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for 3 servings

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Antibiotic Properties of Honey and How to Use it to Get Better Fast

Antibiotic Properties of honey

Antibiotics (the chemically produced kind) have been in the news lately because of their tremendous overuse and over-prescription by doctors.  Drugs that used to be standard treatments for bacterial infections are now less effective or don’t work at all. When an antibiotic drug no longer has an effect on a certain strain of bacteria, those bacteria are said to be antibiotic resistant. Fortunately, honey has natural antibiotic properties without any of the negative side effects of the synthetic versions.   In addition, it doesn’t appear to be susceptible to resistance by bacteria meaning you can continue to use it over time. Continue reading Antibiotic Properties of Honey and How to Use it to Get Better Fast

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Bee’s job. Watch National Geographic Movie

Bee's Job

Every honeybee has a job to do. Some are nurses who take care of the brood; some are janitors who clean the hive; others are foragers who gather pollen to make honey. Collectively, honeybees are able to achieve an incredible level of sophistication, especially considering their brains are only the size of sesame seeds. But how are these bee’s job divvied up, and where do bees learn the skills to execute them?

Unlike in Jerry Seinfeld’s “Bee Movie,” real honeybees don’t go to college and get a job assignment from an aptitude officer upon graduation. Instead, they rely on a mixture of genetics, hormones, and situational necessity to direct them. Honeybees are born into an occupation, and then their duties continually shift in response to changing conditions in the hive.

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Honeycomb in Your Recipes – 4 Ways

Honeycomb

Honeycomb, the golden waxy secretions of the honeybees are edible?

Yes, together with the hexagonal, honey-filled cylinders, the honeycomb is not only perfectly safe to eat, it is stylish and tantalizing! In fact, honey aficionados, connoisseurs and chefs highly value comb honey in their recipes.

The enchanting honeycomb is sturdy yet fragile. It is composed of hexagonal cells with walls that are only 2/1000th of an inch thick and yet capable of supporting 25 times its own weight. The most distinctive feature of honeycomb is perhaps its texture – chewy from the wax and a little crunchy from bits of sweet crystallized honey. Continue reading Honeycomb in Your Recipes – 4 Ways