CATCH THE BUZZ – Dead Bees, Total Devastation
‘This is Total Devastation’ Magic Valley Bees Dying in Droves “It’s devastating,” Tony Kaneaster of Kaneaster Apiary said. “This is just totally devastating. They…
Read More‘This is Total Devastation’ Magic Valley Bees Dying in Droves “It’s devastating,” Tony Kaneaster of Kaneaster Apiary said. “This is just totally devastating. They…
Read MoreSuccessful field trials of Edete’s artificial pollination technology advance entry into the huge California almond market About 75% of the world’s crops rely on…
Read MoreGail Hermenau – Vegetable Crops Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu A female watermelon flower will need around 500-1000 pollen grains to be fertilized effectively….
Read MoreRoss Courtney – Pollen is stirred in a spray suspension during research trials in 2015 by Washington State University’s Matt Whiting in Prosser. Whiting…
Read MoreBee Audacious: Bay Area pollinator habitat dialogue conference May 1st We wanted to let you know about an upcoming dialogue conference scheduled for May…
Read MoreScott Powers A decade of ravages by citrus greening has left Florida with only the hard-core of committed growers, less than a third as…
Read MoreBy: Lisa Renner As the world faces a declining bee population, California almond growers say they are doing their best to promote bee health….
Read MoreBees love canola and canola loves bees. That’s why canola farmers and beekeepers have a vested interest in cooperating and protecting bees as much…
Read MoreA pollination biologist from Stellenbosch University is using quantum dots to track the fate of individual pollen grains. This is breaking new ground in…
Read MoreAlan Harman For some commercial beekeepers, California’s almond bloom ended before it officially started, the California Farm Bureau Federation says. The federation’s Ag Alert…
Read MoreAlan Harman Apple orchards surrounded by agricultural lands are visited by a less diverse collection of bee species than orchards surrounded by natural habitats,…
Read MoreBee Innovative, University sign pact to enhance autonomous capability in complex honey bee environments. Australian technology startup Bee Innovative and the University of North…
Read MoreMore flowers around apple orchards can yield higher harvest. This summer’s apple harvest set record highs and there were large expansions of organically produced…
Read MoreBy: Emma Goss As beekeepers tend to their buzzing colonies this autumn, preparing to pollinate Kern’s almond orchards in January, bee bandits may be…
Read MorePretty to look at, but they taste awful to a bee Abstract Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri) is characterized by being self-incompatible and dependent on cross-pollination…
Read MoreUnlike many other rosaceous fruit crops, commercial raspberry cultivars are largely self-fertile and mostly self-pollinate autogamously. However, their floral morphology does not allow for…
Read MoreBEEsharing: Using bees to produce more fruit and vegetables. Senator Frank Horch, in a conversation with start-up BEEsharing, on bees in fruit and vegetable…
Read MoreHoneybee populations are declining. This poses a significant threat to agriculture, the economy, and pretty much life as we know it, due to bees’…
Read MoreUnlike many other rosaceous fruit crops, commercial raspberry cultivars are largely self-fertile and mostly self-pollinate autogamously. However, their floral morphology does not allow for…
Read MoreBy: Chris Koger University of California economists estimate U.S. exporters of 10 fruits and nuts to China and other markets could see a loss…
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