Bee Shortage in Almond Bloom
Bee Shortage in Almond Bloom Almond production is a prime example of the critical role pollinators play in our fragile food system. California’s Central…
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Nature’s Perfect Duo When almonds trees bloom, bees get their first food source from our orchards’ nutritious pollen. While bees are only with us…
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CATCH THE BUZZ- Worlds Biggest Pollination Event
The world’s biggest pollination event is in the Central Valley By: Justin Sacher FRESNO, California (KSEE) – The world’s biggest pollination event is taking place…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – California Almond Farmers Would Benefit from Increased Efforts to Protect Essential Bee Foraging Territory in Northern Prairie States.
The Prairie Pothole Region supports 40 percent of the country’s commercial bee population. Credit: Jennie Durant California almond farmers who depend on commercial bee…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Almond Pollination Colonies Being Stolen, Again. Know Your Beekeeper, Mark Your Hives, Hide Your Hives.
Alan Harman For some commercial beekeepers, California’s almond bloom ended before it officially started, the California Farm Bureau Federation says. The federation’s Ag Alert…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Bee Bandits May Be Waiting In The Wings, Ready To Swoop In And Take Bee Hives In California Holding Yards.
By: Emma Goss As beekeepers tend to their buzzing colonies this autumn, preparing to pollinate Kern’s almond orchards in January, bee bandits may be…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Almond Board of California Envisions Farm of the Future with $4.8 Million Research Investment.
Almond Board of California (ABC) on Dec 5 announced an investment of $4.8 million in 64 independent, third-party research projects exploring next-generation farming practices….
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Tips to Maximize Almond Yield in a Wet Year. More Bees, and A Plant Growth Regulator.
By David Eddy, Growing Produce California growers enjoyed some welcome rain this past winter, but because it had been two full decades since such…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Montana beekeeper’s stolen hives are recovered in ‘sting’ operation
A Montana beekeeper reported 488 of his hives stolen in January after he transported them to California. Most of the hives have been recovered…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Best Management Practices In Almond Orchards State With Good Communication
As almond growers are getting ready for pollination, Director of Agricultural Affairs for the Almond Board of California, Bob Curtis, says at the field…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Moving Bees To California? Read This from California Department of Food and Agriculture.
Sent out by California State Beekeepers. Below is a statement from Roger Cline with the California Department of Food and Agriculture. During the January…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – BEEKEEPER NEWSLETTER . . . August 15, 2016
Joe Traynor Almond Prices: Almond prices took a precipitous drop in March – from over $4/lb to the grower to below $2/lb. Prices have…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Historic Growth in California’s Almond Acreage
But farmers still haven’t out-produced demand On Wednesday 27 April, the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service reported that California’s 2015 almond acreage is estimated…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Flooding Almond Orchards May Help Water Shortage
Californian researchers are thinking outside the box for methods to deal with drought: flooding. According to Toby O’Green, University of California, Davis soil resource…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – California’s Almond Board’s Honey Bee Best Management Practices
California almond bloom, typically from mid-February to mid-March, will be a welcome sight for some of the industry’s most valuable partners. Honey bees will…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – More Colonies Stolen from California’s Almond Orchards by Beekeepers
NBC News Nothing is more important to a robust almond harvest than a bee, so much so that farmers pay top dollar to borrow…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Good Almond Pollination Needs Good Weather, Lots of Bees, and Luck
What Almond Growers Want this Year: Rain and Bees Almond Prices are Down Amid El Nino-Related Cold, Rain Heesun Wee CNBC Just when almond…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – California Beekeepers Set Up Hive Theft Central.
Reminder to Report ANY and ALL Hive Thefts If you have had any hives stolen within the last couple years, please email Joy Pendell…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Beehive Thefts Add to Pressures at Bloom Time
By Christine Souza, California Farm Bureau Federation Kevin Sprague, left, and J.J. Vidaurri of Sprague Apiaries in Yuba City tend to honeybees in preparation…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – News From Gordy Wardell on Almond Pollination and Honey Bee Health
From Project Apis m Newsletter One million acres. It’s not a Dr. Evil quote from an Austin Powers movie; it’s the number of acres…
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