Help Beekeepers With Disaster Relief
September 2024 Hurricane Helene has impacted the Florida beekeepers. There are reports of record-breaking storm surges and hives (and homes) in areas that never…
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Agriculture Technology Innovator Terra Vera Launches ApiVera to Preserve Bee Populations and Optimize Bee Health
Terra Vera, an agriculture technology company leading the charge towards a more food-secure future with amino acid-based crop management solutions, is launching ApiVera, a new…
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American Beekeeping Federation: EPA Finalizes First-of-its-Kind Strategy to Protect 900 Endangered Species from Herbicides
Pesticide Update: EPA’s Office Of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Dear ABF Members, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its final Herbicide Strategy, an…
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Celebrating National Honey Month with Friends Makes Everything Sweeter!
The month we spend our entire year preparing for is finally here, and to us, it’s easily the sweetest month of the year –…
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BEEHIVE DISTRIBUTION PROGRAM
Applications for the Beehive Distribution Program (Program) are being accepted August 22 through September 6, 2024. Only applications submitted (i) online or (ii) postmarked during the…
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2024 GBA Fall Conference and UGA Beekeeper Certification Testing
Ramsey Conference Center 2535 Lanier Tech Dr, Gainesville, GA 30507 We welcome beekeepers to the GBA fall meeting! This conference is our 2nd annual…
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Honey Detection Fraud
For those of you who know me well you know that I do not enjoy the “news”. I do understand its place in life…
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Honey Production Sweetens Bee Lab’s Research
POLLINATOR RESEARCH PRODUCED 2 TONS OF GOLDEN NECTAR IN 2023 By Kristina Jackson | University Communication and Marketing https://news.unl.edu/article/honey-production-sweetens-bee-labs-research Each summer, students in Judy Wu-Smart’s bee…
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Tropilaelaps is established in Western Russia
Our next big Honey Bee health fear is of course the Tropilaelaps mite. Natural spread is expected but with our local, regional, country…
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Renowned Honey Expert C. Marina Marchese Breaks Ground as First American Official Instructor for Italian Honey Sensory Analysis
Level 1 Honey Sensory Certification now available in the U.S. through The American Honey Tasting Society C. Marina Marchese, master honey sommelier, author and founder…
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Raspberry Pi used to count bees — Brazilian researchers use a Pi Zero 2 W and some AI to help keep hives healthy
By: Ash Hill What’s the buzz? This bee counting Pi project, that’s what. Researchers at the Federal University of Itajuba in Brazil, including professor…
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Beekeepers continue to lose hundreds of thousands of honey bee colonies, USDA reports
By: Rebecca Raney American beekeepers and honey producers continued to lose hundreds of thousands of bee colonies each quarter in 2023, according to an…
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Honey Bee Colonies Down 1 Percent for Operations with Five or More Colonies
Released August 1, 2024, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). January 1 Honey Bee…
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Yellow-Legged Ledger
The Department’s Plant Protection Division team has been hard at work – finding and swiftly eradicating 3 Yellow-legged hornet’s nests over a 24-hour period…
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University of Montana Summer Intermediate Beekeeping Camp
University of Montana Summer Intermediate Beekeeping Camp, UM and Fort Missoula, July 27-28th. https://www.umt.edu/bee/summer-field-days.php We are finishing development and delivery of our new, OnLine…
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Amitraz Resistance in French Varroa Mites: Not Related to a Single Mutation
The findings revealed regional occurrences of amitraz resistance, with a less severe decrease in treatment efficacy compared to other pesticides. Notably, the genetic analysis showed…
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News Release: USDA and FarmRaise Launch Additional Online Disaster Assistance Decision Tool for Livestock, Honey Bee and Farm-Raised Fish Producers
USDA and FarmRaise Launch Additional Online Disaster Assistance Decision Tool for Livestock, Honey Bee and Farm-Raised Fish Producers Partnership further expands online library…
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We are Hiring, Join the PAmily!
Now Hiring: Development Director We are Hiring, Join the PAmily! Since 2006, PAm has been a go-to nonprofit supporting relevant, impactful work on behalf…
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Featured Events: Michigan State University
MAY 28 Honey Bee Brood Diseases and Varroa at Seven Ponds Beekeepers Meeting 7-8:30 p.m. | Dryden, MI Learn to distinguish between healthy and…
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World Bee Day, May 20
WORLD BEE DAY May 20, 2024 Honey Bees and other bees are critical to food production and environmental stability. Evey year on May 20th…
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