Friday, December 31, 2010

LA Times: Mead comes out of the Dark Ages

LA Times has a piece on the Mead (pardon the pun) renaissance.

Beyond the Hive: Indian tea growers worry about climate change

Tea growers in India say that climate change is having a harmful effect on their crop.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Red Dye No. 40 taints bees' honey

What happens when bees consume sugary waste product from a maraschino cherry factory that contains Red Dye No. 40? Well, it's bad-tasting honey. And who knows what it's doing to the bees.