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“We have given you, O Adam, no visage proper to yourself, nor endowment properly your own, in order that whatever place, whatever form, whatever gifts you may, with premeditation, select, these same you may have and possess through your own judgement and decision […] We have made you a creature neither of heaven nor of earth, neither mortal nor immortal as the free and proud shaper of your own being, fashion yourself in the form you may prefer.”
Oration on the Dignity of Man – Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

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Bees: a shared business in danger

published on 1.10.2012

Humans have a shared business with bees. We take care of, and they, in turn, produce honey, pollen, wax, propolis and royal jelly. Also pollinate our crops and flowers allow us to obtain the fruits. 40 years ago a hive gave 20 kg of honey per year and today gives only 15 kg. This is […]

Citrus: squeeze the skin

published on 14.01.2011

Every time consumers choose seedless oranges harm bees, as these insects cause cross-fertilization between varieties and produce oranges with seeds. Consequently, the farmers repel the bees. Get honey from orange flowers is becoming increasingly difficult. “Quèquicom” was in Valencia to see what are the main species and varieties of citrus, how is it made the […]