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		<title>Online Forums for Beekeepers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Find help and support for your passion for beekeeping online &#8211; there are plenty of others just as passionate as you are, to save the buzzing community from the ill-effects of today&#8217;s climate change realities, upheavals in agricultural practices, and increasing human interference and encroachment. Here are the more popular and prominent discussion groups. Share your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forthcoming Beekeeping Events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is some useful information along with links to forthcoming beekeeping events in the UK and Ireland. 11 February 2012: Apiary Management – Share And Learn Workshop, Truckhaven Conference Centre, Carnforth, Lancashire 24 and 25 Feb 2012: &#8220;Beekeeping in Changing Times&#8221; &#8211; 68th UBKA Conference, Greenmount, Antrim 3 March 2012: &#8220;Not Just Beekeeping&#8220;, 16th Annual Seminar of Bucks County [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apishealth.org/forthcoming-beekeeping-events/</link>
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		<title>Insect Pollinators Initiative</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you heard of the Insect Pollinators Initiative? If not, read on - To find out why insect pollinators &#8211; like honeybees, bumblebees and hover flies &#8211; are in decline, five organizations together launched the &#8220;Insect Pollinators Initiative&#8221;. The organizations are the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apishealth.org/insect-pollinators-initiative/</link>
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		<title>Resources for Urban Beekeepers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bees in the City: The urban beekeepers’ handbook is a resource for beekeepers in cities to find out how to keep bees in an urban environment. You can check out reviews and buy the book at Amazon UK. See this frank review by a Amazon-customer-reader, for example - &#8220;Bees have had a rather bad time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apishealth.org/resources-for-urban-beekeepers/</link>
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		<title>More Beekeeping Events in the UK</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a nice list of events related to beekeeping. So mark you calendars and enjoy your dates with the honeybees! Bristol Honey Festival &#8211; 3rd and 4th September 2011, University of Bristol Botanic Garden The Essex Honey Show &#8211; 9th September 2011, Barleylands Billericay, Essex. Thorne’s Windsor Sale – 10th September 2011, Oakley Green, Windsor Conwy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apishealth.org/beekeeping-events-in-the-uk/</link>
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		<title>Podcast on Pollinating Insects</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not many people are aware that the bumblebee is as important as the honey bee for pollination of crops. Says Robin Blake from the University of Reading &#8211; &#8220;&#8230;. there&#8217;s been an awful lot of press coverage about the decline of the honey bee and the associated losses for that. But in actual fact the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apishealth.org/podcast-on-pollinating-insects/</link>
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		<title>Beekeeping &#8211; Events</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are a beekeeper, or are in any way associated with honeybees, you will be interested to learn about events related to your profession or hobby. In September, you can attend the weekend beekeeping conference organized by The Midland &#38; South Western Counties Convention. where all local, professional, new or prospective beekeepers are welcome. It is usually a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apishealth.org/beekeeping-events/</link>
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		<title>Adopt a Beehive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s an opportunity for you to do your bit for the world&#8217;s greatest pollinators, the honey bees. The bees are crucial for enabling production of much of the food that we eat. How can you help? You can help and contribute by sponsoring a beehive with the British Beekeepers Association (BBKA). All of the proceeds accruing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apishealth.org/adopt-a-beehive/</link>
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		<title>Wellbeing of Bees &#8211; What You Can Do</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Albert Einstein is reputed to have said, as perhaps an overstatement - &#8221;If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would only have four years of life left&#8221;. However, no one can dispute the fact that honey bees as a species are quite endangered, and ought to have everyone concerned. Past president [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apishealth.org/wellbeing-of-bees-what-you-can-do/</link>
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		<title>Source of Excellent Natural Fertilizer &#8211; Bee Dung</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes &#8211; surprising as it may sound, bee dung is manure as much as the more common cattle dung. Ever noticed small yellow dots on your car&#8217;s windows and wondered? Presence of those yellow dots is a sign that bee population is active enough in the locality, helping us eat every day. Those yellow dots are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.apishealth.org/source-of-excellent-natural-fertilizer-bee-dung/</link>
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