Fairmont hotels keep it local

USA Today reports that seven hotels in the Fairmont chain have their own beehives to produce their own honey for cuisine and cocktails.

David Guas segment on "Today"

Take a deep breath and hold on for the quick ride on how honey can be used for a honey-chipotle chicken recipe, honey-glazed carrots and honey-sweetened cornbread.

Honeybee festival in Colorado

The festival is designed to bring attention to honey and its makers, the bees. It will be April 16 and 17. This article also includes some recipes

AOL report on the latest case in LA

The Web site's senior public health correspondent also details some of the overarching problems with so-called "honey laundering."
Huffington Post has a link to the same article, as well.

Beekeeping segment on NPR's Science Friday

Ira Flatow talked with some experts about the state of the bee population and about beekeeping.
Look here to get their podcast of the program of April 2, 2010.

Honey importer arrested

The Ethiopian Review reports that an executive of several honey import companies has been arrested and charged with conspiring to falsely label honey to avoid U.S. tariffs. The honey allegedly came from China, but was labeled as coming from South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand, which pay lower tariffs than China.

Restore the beekeeping badge!

The Boy Scouts eliminated the beekeeping badge in 1995, but a 13-year-old boy in Oklahoma is campaigning to have the badge restored.
Besides the link just provided, you can go to a Haagen Dazs Web site for info and a petition.