500,000 bees stolen from Fraser Valley
July 31st, 2012 - 6:52 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Fraser Valley, July 31 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Five hundred thousand bees have been estimated to have been stolen from Fraser Valley. This disaster occurred to the A.B.C beekeeper at the beginning of the ... Read more...
Posted in Odd news |
Anthony treasures honey beer gifted by Michelle Obama
June 28th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 28 (IANS) Singer Marc Anthony treasures the unique honey beer gifted to him by US first lady Michelle Obama.Anthony was gifted a beer brewed at the White ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Bad weather affects honey production in Kashmir Valley
December 6th, 2010 - 6:23 pm ICT by ANI
Zakura (Jammu and Kashmir), Dec.6 (ANI): Honey production in Jammu and Kashmir's Zakura town witnessed a decline due to bad weather conditions in the region.Honeybee keepers are an unhappy lot, as an ... Read more...
Posted in Feature |
Brit man ‘breeds bees that can protect themselves from deadly parasite’
August 25th, 2010 - 3:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, August 25 (ANI): A British man has claimed that he has bred a strain of bees that can protect themselves from the deadly parasite, which is wiping out the environmentally vital ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Festivals show cinema as art not commodity: Greek director Angelopoulos
November 6th, 2009 - 8:27 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 6 (IANS) Greek director Theo Angelopoulos, who received the lifetime achievement award at the 11th Mumbai Film Festival (MFF), says festivals show cinema as an art and not a commodity.
"I ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Ralph McBurney America’s oldest worker dead
July 11th, 2009 - 4:04 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Ralph McBurney, beekeeper, athlete, author, and America’s oldest worker, has died at the age of 106.Generally referred to as Waldo, McBurney lived and worked as a beekeeper in the town of ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
25,000 tubes of Burt’s Bees lip balm link details
May 29th, 2009 - 12:14 am ICT by John Le Fevre
Burt’s Bees, a low-tech lip balm manufacturer in North Carolina, is bucking the recession and not only hiring staff, but also giving away 25,000 tubes of their product to celebrate the company’s ... Read more...
Posted in Life Style |
New test to tell real honey from fake
May 16th, 2009 - 3:32 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 16 (IANS) Researchers are developing a simple test that will tell natural honey from the adulterated or impure versions being increasingly foisted on consumers.
Bernard Herbreteau and colleagues point out ... Read more...
Posted in Sci-Tech |
New test distinguishes impure honey from the real thing
May 11th, 2009 - 3:28 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 11 (ANI): In a new study, researchers in France are reporting development of a simple test for distinguishing 100 percent natural honeys from adulterated or impure versions that they say ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Jackos mantra for success: buying his own records?
January 10th, 2009 - 1:34 pm ICT by ANI
London, January 10 (ANI): Michael Jackson is said to have come up with a new way of boosting his CD sales buying his own records.The Black and White hitmaker was spotted ... Read more...
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101-year-old Brit twins say secret to long life is ”not sitting still too long”
January 1st, 2009 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 1 (ANI): Brit twin sisters Betty Richards and Jenny Pelmore are celebrating their 101th birthday saying secret to long life is ''not sitting still too long''.Britain''s oldest known twins ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Couple of stings a day takes the sting out of bee stings
November 19th, 2008 - 5:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 19 (ANI): Researchers from University of Zurich in Switzerland claim to have unravelled the mystery behind why some people are prone to occasionally deadly allergic reactions due to bee ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Mount Everest ascent becomes a sweet tooth
May 29th, 2008 - 11:14 pm ICT by David M N James
Probably the most interesting and challenging mountain ascents in the World, the Mount Everest Ascent remain a legend. However, the Everest legend is becoming a sweeter tooth based on some slimy revelations ... Read more...
Posted in Environment, Events, Feature, South Asia, World, World News |
Unicef poster girl now struggles for survival
March 7th, 2008 - 3:13 pm ICT by admin
(For Women's Day March 8)
By Imran Khan
Patna, March 7 (IANS) Anita Kuswaha, a teenage role model and Unicef poster girl from a poverty-stricken family in a Bihar village, is fighting for survival. ... Read more...
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