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Bayer’s Second Bee Care Tour Bayer CropScience launched its second annual Bee Care Tour, a mobile tour designed to emphasize the important role bees…
Read MoreBayer’s Second Bee Care Tour Bayer CropScience launched its second annual Bee Care Tour, a mobile tour designed to emphasize the important role bees…
Read MoreRussian Bees Get It Right A noted honey bee scientist in the U.S. said some time ago he was weary of dealing with Varroa….
Read MoreGood news. They reached agreement on a 5 year Farm Bill. After reviewing a draft that was shared with American Honey Producers Attorney Eric…
Read MoreHerbicides may not be sole cause of declining plant diversity The increasing use of chemical herbicides is often blamed for the declining plant biodiversity…
Read MoreRegional Hubs Help Agriculture Deal With Climate Change Alan Harman In a dramatic recognition of the threat from climate change, the U.S. government announces…
Read MoreHimalayas Modern Man, and Climate Change Moving Bees Upward Climate change is chasing the Himalayan cliff honey bees higher up the mountains. Nepalese apiarists…
Read MoreMiticides, Ag Chems and Inert Ingredients A Deadly Mix In A Beehive. Alan Harman Disturbing new research finds four pesticides commonly used to kill…
Read MoreMedina, Ohio, Horticulture Grad Gets Recognized He’s from Medina, He’s got a degree in Horticulture, and he’s my kind of guy. Congratulations Ted! COLUMBUS,…
Read MorePlant virus jumps to honey bees. Really. A viral pathogen that typically infects plants has been found in honey bees and could help explain…
Read MoreIsolation is ideal, and mostly impractical any more. But for some it has worked for years. No new bees in the neighborhood can…
Read MorePenn Museum team finds evidence for 3,000+-year-old ‘Nordic grog’ tradition. From northwest Denmark, circa 1500-1300 BC, to the Swedish island of Gotland as late…
Read MoreAmerican Chemical Society launches Sustainable Food toolkit. WASHINGTON, Jan. 9, 2013 — As the world’s population swells beyond 10 billion people later this century,…
Read MoreRoses are red — why some petunias are blue Researchers have uncovered the secret recipe to making some petunias such a rare shade of…
Read MoreCourt says USDA is sole enforcer for organics From The Packer The California Court of Appeals ruled consumers do not have the right to…
Read MoreHoney bees demonstrate decision making process to avoid difficult choices A recent study on the metacognitive ability of honey bees suggests that they, like…
Read MorePest Management – Rule 4 Although the staple pests and diseases are still with us, and will rise and shine on occasion, the 5000…
Read MoreFirst Flower, First Pollen Tube, First Pollinating Insect. How Cool Is That? CORVALLIS, Ore. – A 100-million-year old piece of amber has been discovered…
Read MoreReasons you may not have thought of. by Joe Traynor Ask a beekeeper – commercial, sideliner or hobbyist – why he/she keeps bees and…
Read Moreby Kim Flottum Finishing up on Rule 2 about having Good Genetics, we get to the basics…resistant of the common problems, efficient producers, and…
Read MoreRule 2 – Good Genetics The fundamentals of this rule are simple. Accomplishing them is somewhat more difficult, but you have to have a…
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