Honey Bees Want Soybeans
Honey Bees Show a Taste for Soybean in New Study ENTOMOLOGY TODAY By Ed Ricciuti Among beekeepers, soybeans have been commonly viewed as a…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Corn and Soy Acres Way Up, Prices Way Down.
CATCH THE BUZZ – Honey Bee Health Coalition Unveils First Ever Set of Tools, Resources to Help Soybean Growers Support Pollinators, Reduce Pesticide Exposure
Best Management Practices Include Information on Pre-planting Planning, Harvest, Use of Cover Crops ANAHEIM, CA, March 1, 2018 — The Honey Bee Health Coalition…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Farmers Trained On Using Herbicide Blamed For Crop Damage.
By: Steve Karnowski – Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of soybean and cotton farmers across the country are taking free but…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – The Minnesota Department Of Agriculture Says It Received 253 Complaints From Soybean Growers Last Season.
Damaged soybeans reduce yield, and honey bee visitation. Minnesota announced restrictions Tuesday on how farmers can use the herbicide dicamba in 2018, responding to…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Major Crops To Increase Acres In 2018. Conservation Land Still Short.
Julie Ingwersen U.S. farmers will likely plant a record amount of land with soybeans in 2018 along with a boost to most other major…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Honeybees Pick Up ‘Astonishing’ Number Of Pesticides Via Non-Crop Plants
Purdue researchers found that honeybees collect pollen from a wide range of plants, even in areas dominated by corn and soybeans. Credit: Purdue University/Tom…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Prairies Offer Many Plants That Continue To Flower Through September. So If The Prairies Were To Offer A Suitable Forage Source For Late In The Year, Then Honey Producers May Gain A New Way Of Protecting Their Hives.
Iowa State University post-doctoral research student Adam Dolezal admits there is a misconception about honeybees in the Midwest. He says that despite what many…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – Planned Plantings this year of just 4 crops to total 284 million acres, 116 million more than all of Texas!
Released March 31, 2017, by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), Agricultural Statistics Board, United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Corn Planted Acreage Down…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – New MSU research addresses gap between research and practice in sustainable agriculture.
“We need to pay more attention to scale in our research, as farmers face tradeoffs and time-sensitive use of resources.” A voice from Big…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – What kind of insect pollinators are commonly found in corn and soybean fields?
Entomological Society of America Although corn and soybeans do not need insects for pollination, they do offer floral resources that are used by insect…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Insecticide can hamper yield increase from bees in soybeans
Andy Michel and Reed Johnson, Ohio State University Although soybean aphids remain at low levels, Reed Johnson and Andy Michel, two Ohio State University…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Field Crops and Bees: Research Shows Surprising Relationships, Need for Better Crop Management
WOOSTER, Ohio — Honeybees are negatively impacted by the insecticide-coated seeds of some field crops, yet they also seem to benefit from the presence…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Neonics in the South a Different Story, By a Little
Entomological Society of America IMAGE: This is a bean leaf beetle (Cerotoma trifurcata), one of many insects that are controlled by using neonicotinoid-treated soybean seeds….
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This isn’t too far outside the box. It’s from notes I made while in southern Missouri a couple of weeks ago, helping Michael put…
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