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Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ManagementOctober 19, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – EPA Considers 300,000-acre Expansion of Flupyradifurone, a Toxic Insecticide

Flupyradifurone Poses New Threat to 38 Protected Species in Southeast PORTLAND, Ore.— The Center for Biological Diversity today urged the Environmental Protection Agency to deny Bayer CropScience’s…

Catch The Buzz, Life, PoliticsOctober 18, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia Has a Local Honey Adulteration Problem.

By: Alan Harman Australian honey testing and the scandal over the purity of honey continues with the release of a new study that implicates…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ForeignOctober 17, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Hundreds of Colonies Killed in Australia, Killed By Fipronil, an Insecticide Commonly Used to Kill Termites.

A beekeeper in Australia’s remote Northern Territory says about one million of his bees have been deliberately killed with an insecticide. The Australian Broadcasting…

Catch The Buzz, Life, ProfilesOctober 16, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – 2018 North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Award Winners.

2018 North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Award Winners – http://pollinator.org/assets/globals/2018-NAPPC-Awards-Media-Advisory.pdf 2018 Pollinator Advocate and Farmer-Rancher Award winners from the United States, Canada and Mexico…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 15, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Sunflower Pollen Seems to Cause Real Problems for Nosema Ceranae. That’s Good.

Alan Harman Honey bees fed a diet of sunflower pollen show dramatically lower rates of infection by a specific pathogen. (Photo: Jonathan Giacomini, NC…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 13, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Fungus Provides Powerful Medicine In Fighting Honey Bee Viruses.

By: Scott Weybright – Washington State University A Reishi Fungus Steve Sheppard and his team provide the mushroom extract to a bee colony as part…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 12, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Seeing Pesticides Spread Through Insect Bodies.

Osaka University IMAGE: IMIDACLOPRID DISTRIBUTION (TARGET M/Z211.07) IN (A) IMIDACLOPRID-DOSED FLIES AND (B) BLANK CONTROL FLIES. THE MATRIX WAS 2,5-DIHYDROXYBENZOIC ACID AND THE MEASUREMENT PITCH WAS…

Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceOctober 11, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Glyphosate Keeps Showing Up in Honey Bee Health Studies. Maybe it’s not as Benign as We Think?

By: Karen Fleur Tofti-Tufarelli The royal jelly-producing glands of bees exposed to Round-up® experience premature aging, according to a Brazilian study published online. Round-up®…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, HoneyOctober 10, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Sensory Evaluation of Honey Developing into Honey Education Summit!

There are so many ways to describe nature’s perfect sweet – honey: aroma, flavor, texture and color. This course will teach you the tools…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationOctober 9, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollen Trapping and Feeding Sugar Syrup Enhances Pollen Collection of Less Preferred Flowers

Pretty 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…

Catch The Buzz, Research, ScienceOctober 8, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Bayer Forms Three-Pronged Strategy, Seed Traits, Chemicals, and Digital Agriculture from Monsanto.

By: Gil Gullickson Bayer started integrating Monsanto roughly a month ago after buying it earlier this year. So what’s happened so far? Bayer CropScience executives…

Catch The Buzz, History, Life, ProfilesOctober 6, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Revered as a Humanitarian and Scientist, Warwick Kerr was also blamed for the introduction of aggressive Africanized bees to the Americas

Vijay Shankar Balakrishnan, In the Scientist Brazilian entomologist Warwick Estevam Kerr died on September 15 in São Paulo at age 96. Kerr leaves behind…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Life, Marketing, PoliticsOctober 5, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Chinese Producers Expected to Beat US Tariffs by Rerouting Goods. Experts Say Practice is Already Widespread

TOH HAN SHIH, Contributing writer Experts expect the Chinese goods will enter the U.S. market illegally, but under the guise of another country. ©…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationOctober 4, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Comparative Pollination Efficacies of Five Bee Species on Raspberry Show Honey Bees Doing Just Fine.

Unlike 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…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationOctober 3, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – BEEsharing – An Online Network That Combines Beekeeping and Agriculture. A Digital Pollination Broker

BEEsharing: Using bees to produce more fruit and vegetables. Senator Frank Horch, in a conversation with start-up BEEsharing, on bees in fruit and vegetable…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, HoneyOctober 2, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Citrus Under Protective Screening Keeps Out Greening, Strong Winds and Honey Bees

Citrus Under Protective Screening ‘CUPS’ protects citrus from greening and storms. A system designed to protect citrus trees from the deadly greening disease withstood…

Catch The Buzz, Research, ScienceOctober 1, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ -A Stiff Breeze is no Match for a Honey Bee Swarm

A stiff breeze is no match for a clump of honey bees, and now scientists are beginning to understand why. When scouting out a…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ManagementSeptember 30, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollinating as Important as Honey for Beekeeping Income

By: Jenny Schlecht Chad Price, left, and Brandon Weatherly extract honey and remove surplus boxes north of Medina, N.D., on Sept. 10, 2018. Jenny…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ManagementSeptember 29, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Beekeepers Watchful as Pee Dee Counties in South Carolina Increase Mosquito Sprayings

Tom Hallman, Public Service and Agriculture Beekeepers are advised to be aware of increased mosquito sprayings promoted by Hurricane Florence floodwaters and to prepare…

Catch The Buzz, Life, PoliticsSeptember 28, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Couple Donate $1 Million to WSU Pollinator Center. New Building Will Consolidate Honey Bee Program on Pullman Campus

By: Justyna Tomtas – The Tribune “The program is doing phenomenal work, despite the challenges involved in shuffling between facilities to conduct complex bee…

Catch The Buzz

CATCH THE BUZZ – EPA Considers 300,000-acre Expansion of Flupyradifurone, a Toxic Insecticide

CATCH THE BUZZ – Australia Has a Local Honey Adulteration Problem.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Hundreds of Colonies Killed in Australia, Killed By Fipronil, an Insecticide Commonly Used to Kill Termites.

CATCH THE BUZZ – 2018 North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Award Winners.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Sunflower Pollen Seems to Cause Real Problems for Nosema Ceranae. That’s Good.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Fungus Provides Powerful Medicine In Fighting Honey Bee Viruses.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Seeing Pesticides Spread Through Insect Bodies.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Glyphosate Keeps Showing Up in Honey Bee Health Studies. Maybe it’s not as Benign as We Think?

CATCH THE BUZZ – Sensory Evaluation of Honey Developing into Honey Education Summit!

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollen Trapping and Feeding Sugar Syrup Enhances Pollen Collection of Less Preferred Flowers

CATCH THE BUZZ – Bayer Forms Three-Pronged Strategy, Seed Traits, Chemicals, and Digital Agriculture from Monsanto.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Revered as a Humanitarian and Scientist, Warwick Kerr was also blamed for the introduction of aggressive Africanized bees to the Americas

CATCH THE BUZZ – Chinese Producers Expected to Beat US Tariffs by Rerouting Goods. Experts Say Practice is Already Widespread

CATCH THE BUZZ – Comparative Pollination Efficacies of Five Bee Species on Raspberry Show Honey Bees Doing Just Fine.

CATCH THE BUZZ – BEEsharing – An Online Network That Combines Beekeeping and Agriculture. A Digital Pollination Broker

CATCH THE BUZZ – Citrus Under Protective Screening Keeps Out Greening, Strong Winds and Honey Bees

CATCH THE BUZZ -A Stiff Breeze is no Match for a Honey Bee Swarm

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollinating as Important as Honey for Beekeeping Income

CATCH THE BUZZ – Beekeepers Watchful as Pee Dee Counties in South Carolina Increase Mosquito Sprayings

CATCH THE BUZZ – Couple Donate $1 Million to WSU Pollinator Center. New Building Will Consolidate Honey Bee Program on Pullman Campus

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