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Michael W. Michelsen, Jr. When it comes to beekeepers and beekeeping the subject of a Kickstarter campaign usually doesn’t generate much interest, much less…
Read MoreMichael W. Michelsen, Jr. When it comes to beekeepers and beekeeping the subject of a Kickstarter campaign usually doesn’t generate much interest, much less…
Read MoreBy Kim Flottum United States honey production in 2017 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 148 million pounds, down nine percent from…
Read MoreGreenfield Recorder (MA) Senior Writer Richie Davis, who has reported on agricultural issues for over 40 years, will be honored as a CISA “Local…
Read MoreUnited States honey production in 2017 from producers with five or more colonies totaled 148 million pounds, down 9 percent from 2016. There were…
Read MoreVarroa mites suck, but the Honey Bee Health Coalition — which works with beekeepers, growers, and others to develop strategies to support honey bee…
Read MoreHeartland Apicultural Society (HAS) has planned an exciting, event-packed, meeting at Washington University in St. Louis, on July 11-13. HAS’ distinguished keynote speakers and…
Read MoreBy: Kenny Walter @RandDMagazine A novel vaccine could replace traditional pesticides in protecting crops and other plants without putting humans or the environment at risk. …
Read MoreCSIRO Australia Australian scientists have confirmed the hybridisation of two of the world’s major pest species, into a new and improved mega-pest. One of…
Read MoreCommentary: Federal land ownership in West brings challenges . By John Newton, California Farm Bureau Federation A 2017 Congressional Research Service report indicated that…
Read MoreAgroecology is a concept and a practice of managing and boosting nature’s own ecological processes to improve productivity. It is both a science and…
Read MoreUniversity of Central Florida With a $338,613 grant from the foundation’s Pollinator Health Fund, UCF Biologist Barbara Sharanowski and her team will make native…
Read MoreA coalition of industry groups has asked House and Senate leaders to schedule hearings on the electronic logging device mandate and hours-of-service regulations for…
Read MoreAlan Harman Beekeepers say some in the New Zealand industry are at risk of going bust because the success of the manuka honey sector…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: We here at Bee Culture have been reading The Economist for decades, and have found it to be, in our opinion, the…
Read MoreBy: Alan Harman Newfoundland and Labador’s first honey bee reserve opens June 1. Operated by Paul and Brenda Dinn, Adelaide’s Honey Bee, Pollinator and…
Read MoreMembers of the Auburn University Bee Lab hard at work producing paper-versions of the survey. You’re busy! We know that. You’re out catching swarms,…
Read MoreEffective April 2, China is implementing a 15 percent tariff on a range of US produce items. This is in response to the United…
Read MoreBy: Alan Harman Degraded dryland in Vietnam. (UN photo by Binh Thuan) Worsening land degradation caused by human activities is undermining the well-being of…
Read MoreFrom WAMU, Washington. 1A Pollinator: Judgment Day The continued decline of bee colonies — they fell by a third from 2016 to 2017 — has inspired…
Read MorePeyton M. Ferrier, Randal R. Rucker, Walter N. Thurman, and Michael Burgett What Is the Issue? Since 2006, annual winter losses of managed honey…
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