Bee products were used by prehistoric communities for technological, artistic and medical purposes, but it is thanks to the Lonche finding that we can now imagine men doing dentistry in Neolithic Europe, ' said the study's lead author, Federico Bernardini, a postdoctoral fellow at ICTP's Multidisciplinary Laboratory.

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When a bee stings a person, the venom-containing stinger is left behind and the bee usually dies, explained Alex Fras, a beekeeper in British Columbia who makes the Bee U Organics line of cosmetic products.

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The British Bee Keepers' Association recommends that Varroa products be rotated to ensure that the mites have little chance to develop resistance.

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Campaigners said apart from the award-winning butchers there were bakers, brewers, buffalo herders and bee-keepers, fudge, pate and cheese makers, and even a purveyor of garlic products.

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