CATCH THE BUZZ – The 2017-2018 BIP Colony Loss & Management Survey – Now Live!
Members 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 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…
Read MoreAlan Harman The Australian government gives a A$165,000 (US$129,562) grant to the Australian Manuka Honey Association to support activities to address issues in international…
Read MoreGeneral Mills today announced a strategic sourcing agreement with Gunsmoke Farms LLC to convert 34,000 acres of conventional farmland to certified organic acreage by…
Read MoreThose in the beekeeping business know that the months bookending the end of one year and the beginning of the next are busy ones….
Read MoreDear Friends, We are delighted to once again invite nominations for the US and Canadian Farmer-Rancher Pollinator Conservation Awards. These awards recognize an…
Read MorePanorama of pollinator establishment plots with cool season cover (wheat on left, oats on right) It can be difficult to establish pollinator habitats via…
Read MoreAsheville, NC – March 26, 2018 – Bee City USA, the organization that fosters sustainable habitats for pollinators across the U.S. since 2012, has…
Read MoreBy: Bob Binnie The debate on what constitutes good food seems to be endless. Diets abound with notions that are as varied as the…
Read MoreConcise group statement pasted below. Complements and reinforces the Letter sent by CP2C co-chairs Jeff Denham (R-CA) and Alcee Hastings (D-FL) and 21…
Read MoreBy: David MacFawn Harvesting and extracting your honey crop in the Southeast region can occur as early as April or May. In South Carolina…
Read MoreBy: Joseph Cazier The Genius hive will be able to tell you what it needs to do better. Introduction Many of the changes we are…
Read MoreBy: Tina Sebestyen Sometimes tragedy strikes beekeepers and bee clubs. One fellow I know had an emergency that demanded immediate attention just as he was…
Read MorePhiladelphia, February 28, 2018 — A new study released in the latest issue of Wilderness & Environmental Medicine shows that animal encounters remain a…
Read MoreAustralian border agents intercepted 296,606 biosecurity risk items –a one of them 12 lbs. of cow dung – at international airports last year….
Read MoreBy: Edward Balogh Maybe the nurse bees start it all. Dr. Tom Seeley (46) acknowledged and restated that “he would love to know how…
Read MoreBy: Ann Harman Garden catalogs are timed to arrive about the first of January. You search the pages (or online) for the vegetables and…
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