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The bee's "bread" and its benefits

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The bee's "bread" and its benefits

The pollen comes from various flowering plants and is harvested with pollen traps when the bee enters the hive. Of course the amount of pollen that the beekeeper takes is only a pa…

Propolis

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Propolis

Propolis is a sticky resinous substance that the bee uses to insulate the hive, using with other materials such as wax and other resinous substances. This insulating material due t…

Makkas Winery

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Makkas Winery

LONDON – One of the world’s oldest wine making countries lies, not surprisingly, within the Mediterranean. Cyprus has been producing wine for over 5,500 years and is currently home…

The custom of Halloween

ABOUT CYPRUS

The custom of Halloween

The custom of carving the pumpkin, is based on, an old Irish myth, the use of the miserable and the naughty Jack. The story tells us, that Jack and the devil met one night and were…

The constellation of Orion

ABOUT CYPRUS

The constellation of Orion

We have all seen a large and symmetrical constellation, with three and three more stars, with the naked eye during the winter months from November to early spring, if we look at th…

A mushroom called Ganoderma

ABOUT CYPRUS

A mushroom called Ganoderma

Scientific name: Ganoderma lucidum Family: Ganodermataceae Ganoderma is a white basidiomycete, also called (Red Reishi). Ganoderma Lucidum is a red mushroom known as "the king of h…