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By: Jessica Louque Sage Advice We’ve chosen a lot of really cool plants to see what works for our bees this year. On some…
Read MoreBy: Jessica Louque Sage Advice We’ve chosen a lot of really cool plants to see what works for our bees this year. On some…
Read MoreBy: Rob Davis Rapid growth of ground-mounted solar presents opportunity to establish hundreds of millions of native plants. Across Minnesota workers are preparing dozens…
Read More2016 International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy The Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State University will be hosting the third International…
Read More2016 International Conference on Pollinator Biology, Health and Policy The Center for Pollinator Research at Penn State University will be hosting the third International…
Read MoreOn the 13th of August we’re holding our second Pollinator Day here at the Root Company’s Pollinator Meadow, behind our Corporate Headquarters. There’s a…
Read MoreWOOSTER, Ohio — Honeybees are negatively impacted by the insecticide-coated seeds of some field crops, yet they also seem to benefit from the presence…
Read More: Connie Krochmal Two groups of bee plants are known as huckleberries – Vaccinium spp. and Gaylussacia spp. The former, which are most common…
Read MoreAlan Harman Australian researchers are testing 80 varieties of bush and trees around Australia that assist bees in making honey with medicinal properties similar…
Read MoreBy Charles Rohla by The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. Pollination in the pecan orchard is critical to both the yield and quality of…
Read MoreBy Mark Rigsby, MPB News Farmers in Mississippi will now have another tool to avoid economic losses by using a unauthorized pesticide to defend…
Read MoreThis year’s almond crop is expected to be larger than that from last year, and growers are pointing to more rain and a better…
Read MoreAlan Harman Australian researchers are testing 80 varieties of bush and trees around Australia that assist bees in making honey with medicinal properties similar…
Read MoreBut farmers still haven’t out-produced demand On Wednesday 27 April, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that California’s 2015 almond acreage is estimated…
Read MoreRecent declines in nut prices, notably for almonds and walnuts, have made the jobs of California’s rural appraisers a lot more challenging. The lowered…
Read MoreHebrew University of Jerusalem Honey bee workers collecting artificial pollen diets from a feeding dish. The bees can distinguish diets by color, taste and/or…
Read MoreShawna Coronado As an organic gardener, I often explore the idea of planting flowering plants in my garden – both native plants and more…
Read MoreUniversity of Utah IMAGE: These are trembling aspen trees killed by severe drought near Grand Junction, Colorado (August 2010). Credit: William Anderegg Two hundred-twenty-five…
Read MoreJessica Louque Pollen Frenzy Each year, we seem to have a honey bee field study that has a pollen collection aspect. This is my…
Read Moreby Ross Conrad And We All Know What May Flowers Bring . . . Pilgrims? No – A Honey Flow. First let me…
Read Moreby Clarence Collison Synthetic Brood Pheromone. Honey bee brood pheromone is a blend of 10 simple fatty-acid esters that are extractable from the larval…
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