CATCH THE BUZZ – An Invitation from the Team in Montreal for Apimondia 2019
Dear Apimondia Community, The Canadian Honey Council and its industry partners are proud to invite you to join the 46th Apimondia Congress, which will…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Listen in to Kim Flottum and Jim Tew discuss the issues with safety and liability for beekeepers and beeyards when a new subdivision moves in right next door to Jim’s Beeyard! Yikes!!
Click the link below to listen to Kim Flottum and Jim Tew discuss beekeeper liability and exposure. This one is important. https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/6845373977448194055 ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Register…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bees for Development Puts on its Biggest Fundraiser to Date. £60,000 Raised to Support Projects Around the World.
Bees for Development, the UK-based charity that specialises in work to alleviate poverty through beekeeping, hosted a Bee Garden Party at Marlborough House, London…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – New Food Label Regs To Go Into Effect Jan 2020. Stay Tuned, And Pay Attention!
(This is NOT a Honey Label) Updated Label – What’s different Serving Size Updated Calories – New Calculations for Dietary Fiber and Sugar Alcohols…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Heat Stroke and Heat Exhaustion. Know the Symptoms, Know the Treatment.
Heat exhaustion is a heat-related illness that can occur after you’ve been exposed to high temperatures, and it often is accompanied by dehydration. There…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Scientists Say Agriculture is Good for Honey Bees, at Least in Tennessee.
By: Ginger Rowsey, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture In a recent study, researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture found the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Sulfoxaflor Continues to Be a Bee Killer.
Michele Colopy, Program Director, Pollinator Stewardship Council, Inc. EPA’s announcement1 to expand the use of Sulfoxaflor means expanded loss of managed and native pollinators. …
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CATCH THE BUZZ – How Blockchain Helps the Grocery Industry. Beekeepers, Check this Out!
By: Mohammed (Mo) Hajibashi & Carly Guenther – Progressive Grocer Using blockchain, retailers and suppliers can now work together to manage product information throughout…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Calling All Honey Lovers! Show Off your Best Drizzle Art by Entering the #PlatedWithHoney Sweepstakes on Instagram.
FREDERICK, Colo., July 1, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Whether it’s putting the finishing touches on a fine dining dish or making a fun design to enhance your breakfast,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – NRCS, UC Davis Announce Release of SoilWeb 2.0 App Update. What Soil are You Standing on, Right Now?
WASHINGTON, June 26, 2019 – USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the University of California at Davis Soil Resource Laboratory today announced the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Survey Respondents Ranked Protecting Farmland from Conversion more Important than Protecting Open Space and Wild Space from Asphalt and Buildings.
Farmland Trust (CFT), a Sacramento County based non-profit, has recently reached permanent protection of over 16,000 acres of California farmland – and CFT is…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA NASS Cancels Yet Another Honey Bee Survey.
NASS suspends data collection for Honey Bee Colonies survey. Issued July 1, 2019 by the Agricultural Statistics Board of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s,…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – An Invitation from the Team in Montreal for Apimondia 2019
Dear Apimondia Community, The Canadian Honey Council and its industry partners are proud to invite you to join the 46th Apimondia Congress, which will…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – The Roles of Drifting and Robbing in Varroa Destructor Mite Infested Colonies.
David Thomas Peck & Thomas Dyer Seeley Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York PLoS One. 2019 Jun 21;14(6):e0218392. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0218392. eCollection 2019….
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Big Data and Innovations for Healthy Bees, Project B-GOOD Seeks to Create a EU-Wide Management and Health Data Platform to Assist Sustainable Beekeeping.
Big data, an interactive platform and six different technological innovations are the core of the recently started Horizon 2020 project B-GOOD in its 4-year mission to…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – CRP Colonies Had Better Health, More Bees and Greater Ability to Turn Nectar and Pollen into Vitellogenin – No Surprise, But Good News.
Posted by Sue Kendall A bee gathering pollen and nectar from a helianthus flower. Everyone wants healthy, thriving honey bee colonies. One-third of the…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – California Almond Farmers Would Benefit from Increased Efforts to Protect Essential Bee Foraging Territory in Northern Prairie States.
The Prairie Pothole Region supports 40 percent of the country’s commercial bee population. Credit: Jennie Durant California almond farmers who depend on commercial bee…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Since Father-Son Duo Designed Revolutionary ‘Honey on Tap’ Beehive, There Are 51,000 New Bee Colonies.
Back in 2015, a father-son duo changed the beekeeping game simply by redesigning the traditional beehive – and now, honeybees are benefitting from their…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollen Collected by US Honey Bees in Urban Settings Shows Dramatic Seasonal Variation.
By: Public Library of Science Pollen collected in traps. Credit: Pierre Lau The diversity and availability of pollen foraged by honey bees across urban and…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Preliminary Figures Suggest Honey Harvest from Bee Colonies Could Be Up in 2019 in California.
By: Christine Souza – California Farm Bureau CENTRAL VALLEY – It’s a “mixed box” when it comes to beekeeper expectations regarding this season’s honey…
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