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From the cubicle to the beehives

By Marketplace staff
October 31, 2018
“I was at the office job 40 hours a week,” says Hilary Kearney, founder of Girl Next Door Honey. “And then on my lunch break, I was doing things like catching swarms, just really cramming in bees into all the little cracks of time that I had left over.”
Tosca Rodigonda. Courtesy of Hilary Kearney.

When she left her office job, she didn't know what her business would look like. But it had to involve bees.

POSTED IN:  beekeeping bees honey honey bees Entrepreneurship Small Business Education
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The cost of making honey

By Nate Hegyi
September 22, 2017

Why bears lose their lives for the sticky stuff.

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Will honey bees stay sweet on North Dakota?

By Annie Baxter
October 21, 2016
Beekeeper Mark Sperry in Kindred, North Dakota says he has to travel increasingly long distances to find good forage areas for his bees due to increased acreage of corn and soybeans near him.
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Corn and soybean production is eating into North Dakota's great bee habitats.

POSTED IN:  bees pollinators honey bee honey neonicotinoids
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Fun fact Friday: A lot of business buzz

By Gina Martinez
March 06, 2015
China topped our headlines this week. Above, a Chinese investor walks past an investment map showing suitable property markets for wealthy Chinese to invest in at the International Property Expo in Beijing.
MARK RALSTON/AFP/Getty Images

We traveled the world to bring you the best in business news this week.

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Commercial bees, the unsung heroes of the nut business

By Tracey Samuelson
March 02, 2015
An employee of Bill’s Bees prepares hives for transportation to almond groves. 
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Almonds don't just take a lot of water to grow; they take a lot of bees, too

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Itinerant bees play an important role in economy

By Eliza Mills
January 16, 2015
Bees in Los Angeles collect nectar from a flower.
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Without bees, we'd lose $15 billion each year in the U.S. – and $100 billion globally.

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Note to bees: do not stop and smell the roses

By Sally Herships
July 09, 2014
Bees in Los Angeles collect nectar from a flower.
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A new study says garden plants from big box stores contain a toxic pesticide.

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Candy cane-eating bees make red-tinted honey

By Kai Ryssdal
September 04, 2013
Honey Bees that produce raw Wildflower honey work in their hive at a outdoor Farmer's Market August 15, 2013, in Washington, D.C.
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Red honey is showing up in beehives around Utah. The source seems to be the bees, feeding off leftovers from a local factory that makes candy canes.

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EU looks to protect bees from pesticides

By Nigel Cassidy
April 29, 2013
A bee sits on a flower outside the Olympic Stadium at Olympic Park on July 21, 2012 in London, England.
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The vote, which will restrict the use of certain types of pesticides for two years unless decisive new information becomes available, is an effort to protect the dwindling honeybee population.

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