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MACKINAW — Steve Mayes figures his beekeeping days are numbered. "The beekeeping industry is on life support right now," said Mayes, whose Mackinaw Valley Apiaries supplies honey to many stores in central Illinois.

Honeybees have gained the public’s attention over the past few years.

Beekeeping is rapidly becoming popular in west Cornwall and as the plight of the honeybee becomes increasingly more apparent knowing how to keep them is vital.

11.10.2010– Savannah, GA – Media darling Savannah Bee Company is now part of the Taigan.com website, the Internet’s best shopping district of online specialty shops. Since 2002, Savannah Bee Company has made a beeline to the editorial pages of O Magazine, Vogue, bon appétit, Southern Living, Rachel Ray’s Everyday and Real Simple, offering the finest honeys and luxurious natural and organic body care available.

The Georgia agricultural community has been expecting this for some time and it finally and sadly has happened. A person was killed in Albany, Dougherty County, by an attack of Africanized honey bees.
Now that the initial shock has worn off, maybe we can talk about this rationally. First, we need bees. About one-third of the American diet consists of food that has to be pollinated by bees.

THESE pupils are hoping for Bee-plus grades after a series of hives were installed at their school.

Bee mortality is rising while the number of beekeepers in Europe is declining, all of which could have a serious impact on food production since most plants and crops are pollinated by bees.

The Blackman Township Board might have found a way to allow beekeeping in residential areas.

The Georgia Department of Agriculture said that Africanized bees were responsible for the death of a Dougherty man last month. Jennifer Maddox Parks, staff writer