TEACHING BEEKEEPING
Dewey Caron Summary: Portland Urban Beekeepers (PUB) hosted a delegation of enthusiastic, young Afghani veterinarians and agrarians at the Portland Urban Beekeeping (PUB) treatment…
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Changing Fortunes For The Urban Beekeeper? Toni Burnham It may not have been breaking news for the average city dweller, but for urban beekeepers,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Saudi Firm Buys Up California Water Rights. They Have Outsourced Their Drought.
By Sara Jerome A company from Saudi Arabia is buying up water rights and setting up farming operations in the drought-stricken Southwest, ushering in…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Western Lifestyle Spells the End of Biodiversity
National Research Tomsk State University Contrary to what many economists suggest (see, for example, an article in The Economist entitled Hang On, published in…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Project Apis m. Announces Two New Board Members
Dr. Gary Shilling (left) and Pat Heitkam (right), Project Apis m.’s newest Board members. Paso Robles, CA— Project Apis m. (PAm) announces the appointment…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – GMOs Not Labeled In Canada
Companies planning to voluntarily label products in the U.S. containing genetically modified ingredients aren’t going to follow suit in Canada. Health Canada does not…
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The Politics Of Killing Bees
by Katherine Kiefer The plight of the honey bee has national attention, now can our political process really “Give Bees a Chance?” There are…
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What is killing the bees in greece?
by Maryam Henein Ag Chemicals, It Seems, Are A Problem The hot topic across global financial markets at the moment is Greece. Greeks are…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Study Shows Africanized Bees Continue to Spread in California
University of California – San Diego A study conducted by biologists at UC San Diego has found that the Africanized honey bee–an aggressive hybrid…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Court Agrees: Sulfoxaflor Registration Based on Flawed and Limited Data
The Pollinator Stewardship Council is pleased with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion concerning the registration of sulfoxaflor. Our argument, presented by Earthjustice…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Feeding The World: Nine Billion Shades Of Gray
Purdue Professor has a message of money, not food. This is a very original opinion – you want to eat, pay up first. By:…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Dr. Jay Evans Named Research Leader at Beltsville
DATE: August 26, 2015 SUBJECT: Appointment of Dr. Jay Evans as the Research Leader of the Bee Research Laboratory in the Beltsville Agricultural Research…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – True Source Honey Issues Alert on Honey Shipped from Thailand and Taiwan
Washington, D.C. – September 2, 2015 – The non-profit True Source Honey CertificationTM Program (www.TrueSourceHoney.com), whose mission it is to protect consumers, retailers…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Who Owns The Land?
By Ben Potter AgWeb.com Social Media and Innovation Editor USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) has released survey results from the 2014 Tenure,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Encourages Producers to Consider Risk Protection Coverage before Fall Crop Sales Deadlines Disaster Assistance is Available for Crops that are Ineligible for Federal Insurance
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20, 2015 – Farm Service Agency Administrator Val Dolcini today encouraged producers to examine the available U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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DEREGULATING HONEY IN MISSOURI:There are 19 ways to kill a bill and only one way to pass it.
by Eugene Makovec Remember that old movie, “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”? Me either, but it had something to do with Jimmy Stewart going…
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The National Honey Board : What they do for you!
by Ann Harman Do you know about the National Honey Board? If you are a beekeeper, large or small, you should be taking advantage…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Biomass Destruction, Declining Plant Life, Threaten Earth’s Future.
Unless humans slow the destruction of Earth’s declining supply of plant life, civilization like it is now may become completely unsustainable, according to a…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Global Health Challenged by Mankind. The End Is Near. Pollinator Loss Leads The Way.
By Alan Harman Changing environmental conditions around the globe – including the disappearance of pollinators – caused by human activity could threaten the health…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Stung By Dead Bees
Regardless of your opinion of what neonics are doing to pollinators in general, or honey bees in particular, the overview of this situation, and…
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