HONEY BEE & POLLINATION 
28 pages
Published: 9 Jun 2017
Author(s): McDonald, Peter, Clarke, Michael
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Royal jelly is collected from honey bee queen cells and used as a human nutrition supplement and ingredient in cosmetic preparations. To date Australian royal jelly production has been limited by the need for hand grafting larvae, manual extraction of royal jelly and the high cost of Australian labour.
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This blueprint serves as a resource for those interested in the honey bee and pollination industry and provides essential fast facts alongside the fundamental themes...
Since the mid-1980s, economists have made numerous attempts at estimating the value of honey bee pollination to the Australian economy. The exercise is not straightforward,...
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