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  2. Beekeeping in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Development of beekeeping in the United States. Botanist S.B. Parsons was commissioned by the US government to travel to northern Italy in 1859 to obtain pure strains of Ligurian bees. [2][3] Ten hives were obtained and shipped at a cost of $1,200 but only two queens survived the journey. John Harbison, originally from Pennsylvania, was a ...

  3. Bees for Development - Wikipedia

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    Bees for Development is an international charity [1][2] working to alleviate poverty through beekeeping. [3] Beekeeping contributes to supporting sustainable livelihoods [4] in poor and remote communities; honey bees provide an essential ecosystem service. [5] Bees for Development currently runs projects in Uganda, Zanzibar, Ethiopia and ...

  4. Private landowner assistance program - Wikipedia

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    Private landowner assistance program (PLAP) is a class of government assistance program available throughout the U.S. for landowners interested in maintaining, developing, improving and protecting wildlife on their property. Each state provides various programs that assist landowners in agriculture, forestry and conserving wildlife habitat.

  5. Property taxes can be lowered by keeping bees - AOL

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    Jan. 23—Texas law allows bees and bee hives to qualify for reducing property taxes on plots ranging from 5 to 20 acres similar to livestock or raising hay. Property taxes on small acreages can ...

  6. Xerces Society - Wikipedia

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    Xerces Society. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (Xerces Society) is a non-profit environmental organization that focuses on the conservation of invertebrates considered to be essential to biological diversity and ecosystem health. It is named in honor of an extinct California butterfly, the Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces).

  7. Beekeeping - Wikipedia

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    Beekeeping (or apiculture) is the maintenance of bee colonies, commonly in artificial beehives. Honey bees in the genus Apis are the most commonly kept species but other honey producing bees such as Melipona stingless bees are also kept. Beekeepers (or apiarists) keep bees to collect honey and other products of the hive: beeswax, propolis, bee ...