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By: Ed Colby Good Luck, Bad Luck. Despite a fire ban here in western Colorado, on July 3 some yahoos shooting illegal tracer rounds at…
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Planning A Honey Show
By: Ann Harman Rules, Classes, Judges, Records, Workers This preparing is not about making your honey ready for a show but how bee associations…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Resumes Continuous Conservation Reserve Program Enrollment. Another Year for Available CRP Land is Good News.
As part of a 33-year effort to protect sensitive lands and improve water quality and wildlife habitat on private lands, the U.S. Department of…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bites, Kicks, And Stings From Farm Animals, Bees, Wasps, Hornets, And Dogs Continue To Represent The Most Danger To Humans, According To A New Study In Wilderness & Environmental Medicine
Philadelphia, February 28, 2018 — A new study released in the latest issue of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine shows that animal encounters remain a…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Corn and Soy Acres Way Up, Prices Way Down.
CATCH THE BUZZ – Organic Almond Orchard In California Becomes First Bee Better Grower.
By Cameron Newell, Bee Better Certified Program Coordinator Sran Family Orchards, the world’s largest grower of organic almonds, has long committed to sustainable farming,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Urban Agriculture Worth $33 Billion Worldwide, And Could Be A Lot More.
Alan Harman Photo: Courtesy of Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture The services provided by urban farmers worldwide is estimated to be…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – The Value Of Maple And Honey Production Grew In 2017, Says Statistics Canada.
Ross Marowits – The Canadian Press Statistics Canada says maple syrup production increased three per cent this year to a record 12.5 million gallons…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – The Minnesota Department Of Agriculture Says It Received 253 Complaints From Soybean Growers Last Season.
Damaged soybeans reduce yield, and honey bee visitation. Minnesota announced restrictions Tuesday on how farmers can use the herbicide dicamba in 2018, responding to…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – The new rule from the California Department of Pesticide Regulations (DPR) disallows many applications within a quarter-mile of radius many schools from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Honey bees, not yet.
Brian German Agri-Business, Regulation The new pesticide regulations regarding the use of agricultural pesticides near public K-12 school sites and licensed daycare facilities will…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – No Shave November: Here’s How You Can Make Beard Wax At Home.
Shaloo Tiwari TheHealthSite.com Growing beard and grooming it well has recently become a trend that seems like it is here to stay. Many…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Hot And Dry Across The Northern Plains And Northwestern Midwest In Recent Weeks Diminishing Yields Of Corn, Soybeans And Probably Honey.
MDA Continues to Lower Yield Estimates for Corn, Soybeans, and Spring Wheat “Rains are currently pushing across the west central Midwest; however, a drier…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Considering That The History Of Agriculture Is Thousands Of Years Old, Commercial Beekeeping And Its Importance To Agriculture Is A Relatively New Development.
By Nick Weber BECAUSE ALL THE POLLINATOR WEEK BUZZ’S DIDN’T FIT INTO POLLINATOR WEEK For Michael Hill, who grows blueberries at Southern Hill Farms…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Program Helps Nonprofits Innovate New Certification for Bee-Friendly Farms
WASHINGTON, June 19, 2017 – A new certification program enables agricultural producers to let consumers know they are farming in ways that benefit bees….
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Bigger Picture
By: Jessica Louque The Necessity of Morel-ity If you ever ask Bobby what his favorite ______ is, he will say “free” for his answer. When…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Too few blueberries means too little pollination requirements, and too little leatherwood honey means a crop gone missing
There gloom at opposite end of the planet over the outlook for honey producers. In Canada, The Chronicle Herald newspaper reports Nova…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bees face heavy pesticide peril from field edges, drift, long residue chemicals…from nearly everywhere
Blaine Friedlander, Cornell University Honey bees – employed to pollinate crops during the blooming season – encounter danger due to lingering and wandering pesticides,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Citrus Greening Found in residential tree in Orange County , CA. 55th found so far.
By Jim Offner The Packer Huanglongbing (HLB) has been confirmed in a residential citrus tree in Southern California, and officials are expanding the area…
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Varietal Honeys Are Worth The Bother
By: Ann Harman If the weather and the plants and the bees cooperate then you may have three or four opportunities to collect and…
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Bigger Picture – Lent
By: Jessica Louque Practice What You Preach – Teach What You Practice We are currently in the midst of the Lenten season in the…
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