CATCH THE BUZZ – Selfish Bumblebees are Not Prepared to Share
Queen Mary, University of London Well qualified bumblebees are not prepared to share their pollinating knowledge with less experienced bees, according to new research…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Less Color Is The Key
Alan Harman Iridescent flowers are never as dramatically rainbow-colored as iridescent beetles, birds or fish and that’s because they tone down the iridescence of…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – No Wonder! 11 Billion Pounds of Glyphosate Have Been Applied in the Last 10 Years.
Some 71.6% of the total volume of glyphosate sprayed worldwide over the 40 years to 2014 has been sprayed in just the last 10…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Feed a Bee
Feed a Bee Initiative Receives Pledges to Plant 65 Million Flowers in First Year, with more than 70 partner organizations and 256,000 citizens taking…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – How DNA and a Supercomputer Can Help Sustain Honey Bee Populations
New multi-locus metabarcoding approach for pollen analysis uncovers what plants bee species rely on To uncover what plants honey bees rely on, researchers from…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Andy Ernst Named Atlantic Seed Association Seedsman of the Year. Ernst Seeds Provides The Seeds For Bee Culture’s Pollinator Prairie.
Meadville, PA – October 9, 2015 — Andy Ernst, vice president of Ernst Conservation Seeds, was honored for his many contributions to the native…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Offers Pollinator Assistance For Midwest Land Owners
USDA to invest $4 million for honey bee food sources on private lands WASHINGTON, Oct. 6, 2015 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – THE AMERICAN HONEY TASTING SOCIETY
WESTON, CONNECTICUT, September 1, 2015 — C. Marina Marchese, the first American resident accepted into the Italian National Registry of Experts in the Sensory…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Number Of Beekeepers Climbs In North Dakota
By: John Hageman, Forum News Service The number of licensed beekeepers in North Dakota has steadily increased over the past five years, from 182…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Attract Pollinators To Gardens In 3 Easy Steps
By Nathan Gregory MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY Ag Communications STARKVILLE, Miss. — Backyard hobbyists and commercial producers of fruit and vegetable crops share a common…
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