CATCH THE BUZZ – New Zealand Exports Rise 5%, But Myrtle Rust Shows Up On Manuka.
New Zealand honey exports rose 5% to NZ$330 million (US$229.8 million) in the year ending last June. A Ministry for Primary Industries report…
Read MoreNew Zealand honey exports rose 5% to NZ$330 million (US$229.8 million) in the year ending last June. A Ministry for Primary Industries report…
Read MoreBy: Fred Miller, U of A System Division of Agriculture Moths feed on flowers in a test plot at the Arkansas Agricultural Research and…
Read MoreCatherine Howell, Research Assistant, GRIT Lab, University of Toronto; Jennifer Drake, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering, University of Toronto, and Liat Margolis, Associate Professor…
Read MoreAlan Harman Australian promoters are reported working on a project to clone the strongest medical Manuka honey available and produce it in a…
Read MoreBy: Jackie Layer Bees sustain our ecosystem and pollinate about a third of everything we eat, but that perfect lawn so many homeowners strive for…
Read MoreBy: Connie Krochmal This article will conclude the series on foraging book reviews. “Midwest Foraging-115 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Burdock to Wild…
Read MoreJESSICA HOLDMAN, Bismarck Tribune Bees buzz around boxes Sunday near Coleharbor. Kasey Bitz has long had an interest in honey bees and was excited…
Read MoreBy: Janet Davis Some For You, Some For the Bees. Herbs have been grown for honey bee forage for millennia, ever since ancient Greeks…
Read MoreBy: Eugene Makovec Four years ago I moved bees from Kirkwood, Missouri – the heart of the St. Louis suburbs – to my new…
Read MoreBy Adam Russell, Texas A&M ALOGA, OKLAHOMA – Donning his beekeeper suit, Charles Touchstone, of Arapaho, Oklahoma, stepped a few feet inside a buzzing…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 23, 2017 – Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today authorized emergency grazing on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands in Montana, North Dakota…
Read MoreBECAUSE ALL THE POLLINATOR BUZZ’S DIDN’T FIT INTO POLLINATOR WEEK Bayer Feed a Bee program celebrates National Pollinator Week by kicking off initiative…
Read MoreIn this series thus far we’ve jumped hither and yon over much of the West. This month, we’ll focus on the Northwest. “Pacific Northwest…
Read MoreWASHINGTON, June 19, 2017 – A new certification program enables agricultural producers to let consumers know they are farming in ways that benefit bees….
Read MoreBy Christine Taylor It starts in the trees, densely covered with thousands of flowers give bees an eco-rich source of nectar and pollen. However,…
Read MoreOn Saturday, July 15th we’re holding our third Pollinator Day here at the Root Company’s Pollinator Meadow, behind our Corporate Headquarters. There’s a several…
Read MoreUniversity of California – Santa Barbara Over the past half century, food production has intensified to meet the growing demand. And as agricultural fields…
Read MoreBy: Christina Herrick Research published in Environmental Entomology says wildflower plantings near almond orchards does not cause fewer honey bees to visit the orchard….
Read MoreBy: Connie Krochmal For this month, let’s explore another volume in Timber Press’s foraging series. “Southwest Foraging-117 Wild and Flavorful Edibles from Barrel Cactus…
Read MoreBy: Janet Davis There’s something about shimmering blue flowers that fascinates gardeners – in fact some love them so much that they devote a…
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