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Scientist: China avoiding honey tariff

Sat, 05/01/2010 - 13:02 by Pankaj Damin

College Station, Texas -- Honey from China is entering the United States illegally to avoid expensive tariffs, a Texas scientist who tracks the origins of pollen alleges.

China, the world's largest honey producer, is sending honey to other countries for labeling and then into the United States to avoid paying U.S. tariffs of as much as 500 percent, Vaughn Bryant, a Texas A&M professor said.

Bryant, a palynologist or a pollen specialist, analyzes honey samples from around the world to determine their origin.

Honey samples labeled as coming from Vietnam, Cambodia, Indonesia and Laos usually turn out to be "a little honey from those countries" with the majority of the blend coming from Chinese sources, Bryant said in a release Thursday.

Hotel uses own bees for honey

Tue, 11/24/2009 - 06:40 by harsheeb

Chicago -- Officials with the Marriott in downtown Chicago said the hotel is using honey from its rooftop bees to make beer and several dishes.

The Italian five-striped honeybees, which have created 260 pounds of honey since they arrived at the hotel in March, have contributed their product to the Marriott's in-house draft wheat beer and several dishes designed by the hotel's chefs, the Chicago Tribune reported Monday.

Executive chef Myk Banas said the hotel spent about $2,500 on the bees, three insulated hives, bee protective gear, honey extracting equipment and other expenses related to the rooftop hives.

"We always look to do crazy ideas here," executive sous chef Joe Plucinski said.