by Ray Bodrey | Jul 31, 2020
Florida is home to some of the finest honey produced on planet earth. There’s no doubt this sweet delight is a major commodity for the state, but the benefits of the honey bee stretch much further. Florida ranks third behind the Dakotas in yearly honey production,...
by external | Jul 17, 2020
– Join the University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Honey Bee Research and Extension Laboratory for our very first 2020 Summer Virtual UF/IFAS Bee College! Imagine FIVE Saturday mornings in August 2020 of all things honey...
by Doug Mayo | Jun 5, 2020
This week’s featured video, entitled Honey & Its Benefits, was published by University of Georgia Extension. Keith Fielder, County Extension Coordinator for Putnam County, provides an overview of honey, its uses and properties, interesting facts about how...
by Libbie Johnson | Feb 28, 2020
Throughout the Southeast, anyone driving in the countryside will come across beautiful green fields planted with cover crops in cash crop fields or in pastures used for livestock grazing. Often, a single species is planted, but some growers uses mixes in their...
by external | Feb 14, 2020
Samantha Murray, UF/IFAS Communications Public Relations Specialist Bee lovers can now start their journey to becoming Master Beekeepers through a new online training program from the UF/IFAS Honey Bee Research and Extension Lab. “The number of people keeping bees in...
by Evan Anderson | May 24, 2019
The European Honeybee, Apis mellifera, is not native to North America but it is a very common sight here. Awareness of the importance of this species has risen in recent years as new threats to the well being of our honeybee population arise. Important as bees are,...
