Mountain States Foraging
By: Connie Krochmal This month we’ll take a look at another volume in the Timber Press series on foraging – “Mountain States Foraging – 115…
Read MoreBy: Connie Krochmal This month we’ll take a look at another volume in the Timber Press series on foraging – “Mountain States Foraging – 115…
Read MoreHosted by Pheasants Forever/Quail Forever and featuring eight of the nation’s top pollinator experts, the “Bees, Butterflies, Birds & You” Pollinator Symposium at National…
Read MoreThe Physics Of Pollination By: Marie Davey Pollination. The word brings to mind the droning buzz of fat yellow and black bumblebees bouncing from…
Read MoreBest management practices (BMPs) are intended to inform the horticulture industry about how to minimize negative impacts on the environment. The Horticultural Research Institute,…
Read MoreBy John Holland, Cecilia Parsons About a month from now, billions of bees will get to work pollinating nearly 1 million acres of California…
Read MoreBy: Kurt Knebusch and Paul Snyder Plant these for bees, and the holidays this year. Here’s seven hollies that can take it when…
Read MoreJames Wolfin and Sam Bauer, University Of Minnesota, Extension The turf lawn accounts for nearly 2 percent of the continental United States land cover,…
Read MoreAlthough beekeeping and foraging might appear to have little in common, it turns out that a large number of native or naturalized pollinator plants…
Read MorePoppies rank as quintessential plants for pollen production. I am not a beekeeper. I am, however, a professional entomologist and an avid gardener. As…
Read MoreCandace Fallon Senior Conservation Biologist Endangered Species Program Monarchs are in decline across North America. With milkweed loss in the east identified as a major…
Read MoreElizabeth Nicholls Bees use a variety of senses and memory of previous experiences when deciding where to forage for pollen, research by the University…
Read MoreAlan Harman 11 November 2016. A review of studies evaluating techniques for producing seedless fruit concludes these techniques can contribute to higher yields that…
Read MoreLINDSAY BOURKE, Mercury When you mention leatherwood to an old beekeeper in Tasmania, a misty faraway look comes into his eyes. It is all…
Read MoreReTain by Valent is now labeled for use in California almonds as a means to extend the bloom time period and possibly aid in…
Read MoreBy: Travis Owen Autumn is here, the days are warm, the nights are cool, and bees and other pollinators are still active. For me…
Read MoreBy: Connie Krochmal Medlar and quince share some common traits. Members of the rose family, both are uncommon, old fashioned fruits that have largely…
Read MoreRay Mueller, Wisconsin State Farmer Sometimes just letting plants grow can lead to unpredictable and very wonderful results. I’m referring to my experience with…
Read MoreIn a new review study, researchers examine why people, including conservationists, tend to be biased against plants, and if this bias can be challenged….
Read Moreby- Jessica Louque Shades of Blue and More At the beginning of the year, I was super excited to plant a blue pollen garden….
Read MoreUniversity of Minnesota It’s well-established that the more species that thrive in a habitat, the better it is at weathering a variety of events…
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