Tag: beekeepers

How to Raise Honeybees

For thousands of years, humans have prized honey for its taste as well as its health benefits. By raising bees at home, beekeepers can harvest and enjoy their own honey. There are two types of honey: raw and processed. Raw honey is collected from a beehive and consumed after it’s passed through a filter to…


USDA Approves Honeybee Vaccine to Target ‘American Foulbrood’ Disease

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted conditional use to the world’s first-ever vaccine for honeybees that could prevent colonies from getting infected with American foulbrood, a type of bacterial disease that affects the bee’s larvae. Dalan Animal Health, the U.S.-based biotech company that developed the vaccine, announced the approval in a Jan. 4…