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Catch The Buzz, Health, ScienceNovember 3, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Cucurbit Pollination — Mechanisms and Management to Optimize Field Crop Quality and Quantity.

By: AHDB Horticulture Wild flower field margins protect soil health, boost water retention and increase farmland bird diversity and abundance. They are associated with…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationOctober 9, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollen Trapping and Feeding Sugar Syrup Enhances Pollen Collection of Less Preferred Flowers

Pretty to look at, but they taste awful to a bee Abstract Pear (Pyrus bretschneideri) is characterized by being self-incompatible and dependent on cross-pollination…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationOctober 3, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – BEEsharing – An Online Network That Combines Beekeeping and Agriculture. A Digital Pollination Broker

BEEsharing: Using bees to produce more fruit and vegetables. Senator Frank Horch, in a conversation with start-up BEEsharing, on bees in fruit and vegetable…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ManagementSeptember 30, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollinating as Important as Honey for Beekeeping Income

By: Jenny Schlecht Chad Price, left, and Brandon Weatherly extract honey and remove surplus boxes north of Medina, N.D., on Sept. 10, 2018. Jenny…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationSeptember 22, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Here Comes Another Pollinating Robot.

Honeybee populations are declining. This poses a significant threat to agriculture, the economy, and pretty much life as we know it, due to bees’…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationAugust 20, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Apiary Industry Launches New Code to Fight Potential Billion-Dollar Biosecurity Threats.

By: Lucas Forbes The bee industry is launching a code of practice to protect hives from pest and disease outbreaks. A major biosecurity incident…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Management, PollinationJuly 14, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Bipartisan Bill Delays Hours of Service and ELD Enforcement for Reform.

Wyatt Bechtel – Drovers Two U.S. Senators proposed a bipartisan bill that would allow for reform of the hours of service and Electronic Logging…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationJuly 8, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Dropcopter Releases Pollination Results. Way More Fruit Using a Drone Than When Using Honey Bees.

Dropcopter, a drone AG startup based in California and Central New York, recently made headlines as the first company to successfully pollinate almonds, cherries…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ManagementJuly 2, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Varroa Mites, Pesticides, Viruses, Pollination, Honey – a Beekeeper’s Life

Laura Reiley, Tampa Bay Times Rolling Stone Photo FORT MEADE — Jim Doan pats the bees gently with the flat of his…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationJune 20, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – International Celebrations Mark Pollinator Partnership’s 11th Annual Pollinator Week.

Pollinator Week 2018 (June 18-24), marks the eleventh consecutive year of bringing greater awareness to the critically important issue of pollinator conservation. Pollinator Partnership…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationJune 15, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – New Research Shows Impact of Bees on Coffee Productivity.

Bees and other pollinators play an outsized role in the world’s food supply, but it was often considered that their effect on coffee production…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationJune 11, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – To Give Bees a Break, Farmers Pollinated an Apple Orchard Using Drones.

With bee populations continuing to decline, farmers, conservationists, and technologists alike are busy searching for a solution to help carry out pollination. A New…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationMay 31, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – More Acres, More Almonds, More Business for Beekeepers. Record-Breaking Almond Crop Predicted for 2018.

In spite of concerns about freezing weather during almond bloom, the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) is predicting a record…

Biology, Catch The Buzz, ScienceMay 29, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Farmers, Scientists and Beekeepers are Working to Raise Blue Orchard Mason Bees to Pollinate Valuable Orchard Crops.

Blue Orchard Bee (Osmia) Image Credits: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab via Flickr (Homepage Image Credit: Suzi Rosenberg via Flickr) Colony collapse disorder has devastated…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationMay 18, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Robotic Bees Are a Real Thing—and the Company Funding Them Might Surprise You.

Bonnie Burton The buzz about pollination drones is more important than ever, and companies like Walmart want in on the action. When several types…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationMay 15, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Almond Acreage in California Grows to Record Total – 1.3 Million Acres

California’s almond acreage grew 7 percent last year to a record 1.3 million acres, as the state continued its dominance as the world’s leading…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ManagementApril 3, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Economic Effects and Responses to Changes in Honey Bee Health.

Peyton M. Ferrier, Randal R. Rucker, Walter N. Thurman, and Michael Burgett What Is the Issue? Since 2006, annual winter losses of managed honey…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, ForeignMarch 9, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – More Bees Means More And Bigger Plums. Go Figure!

“The production areas of Chinese plums are located in Meishan, Sichuan; Maoming, Guangdong; Gutian, Fujian; and Guizhou province. Under regular weather conditions the plum…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, Health, Pollination, ScienceFebruary 27, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – Colony Health and Pathogen Composition in Migratory Operations Involved in California Almond Pollination.

Abstract – Honey bees are important pollinators of agricultural crops. Pathogens and other factors have been implicated in high annual losses of honey bee…

Beekeeping, Catch The Buzz, PollinationFebruary 13, 2018

CATCH THE BUZZ – ND, CA Working Together for Bees. Common Sense Might Just Win.

By: Sabrina Hill North Dakota Agriculture commissioner Doug Goehring is working with California’s agriculture secretary Karen Ross on a new program that will benefit…

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CATCH THE BUZZ – Cucurbit Pollination — Mechanisms and Management to Optimize Field Crop Quality and Quantity.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollen Trapping and Feeding Sugar Syrup Enhances Pollen Collection of Less Preferred Flowers

CATCH THE BUZZ – BEEsharing – An Online Network That Combines Beekeeping and Agriculture. A Digital Pollination Broker

CATCH THE BUZZ – Pollinating as Important as Honey for Beekeeping Income

CATCH THE BUZZ – Here Comes Another Pollinating Robot.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Apiary Industry Launches New Code to Fight Potential Billion-Dollar Biosecurity Threats.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Bipartisan Bill Delays Hours of Service and ELD Enforcement for Reform.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Dropcopter Releases Pollination Results. Way More Fruit Using a Drone Than When Using Honey Bees.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Varroa Mites, Pesticides, Viruses, Pollination, Honey – a Beekeeper’s Life

CATCH THE BUZZ – International Celebrations Mark Pollinator Partnership’s 11th Annual Pollinator Week.

CATCH THE BUZZ – New Research Shows Impact of Bees on Coffee Productivity.

CATCH THE BUZZ – To Give Bees a Break, Farmers Pollinated an Apple Orchard Using Drones.

CATCH THE BUZZ – More Acres, More Almonds, More Business for Beekeepers. Record-Breaking Almond Crop Predicted for 2018.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Farmers, Scientists and Beekeepers are Working to Raise Blue Orchard Mason Bees to Pollinate Valuable Orchard Crops.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Robotic Bees Are a Real Thing—and the Company Funding Them Might Surprise You.

CATCH THE BUZZ – Almond Acreage in California Grows to Record Total – 1.3 Million Acres

CATCH THE BUZZ – Economic Effects and Responses to Changes in Honey Bee Health.

CATCH THE BUZZ – More Bees Means More And Bigger Plums. Go Figure!

CATCH THE BUZZ – Colony Health and Pathogen Composition in Migratory Operations Involved in California Almond Pollination.

CATCH THE BUZZ – ND, CA Working Together for Bees. Common Sense Might Just Win.

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