Mites and Viruses
Agricultural Research Service U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Varroa Mites and Deformed Wing Virus Make Honeybees More Susceptible to Insecticides Contact: Jessica Ryan Email: Jessica.Ryan@usda.gov Controlling…
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USDA-ARS National Program 305
NP 305 Research Components NP 305, Crop Production, focuses on the most critical issues and needs of U.S. production agriculture. It comprises two major…
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The Exotic Bee ID Website
The Exotic Bee ID Website: Delivering Spectacular Portraits and Details of Some of the World’s Bees ARS scientists need your help in monitoring and…
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The Carl Hayden Bee Research Center
By: Gloria Hoffman The Carl Hayden Bee Research Center (CHBRC) in Tucson, Arizona is the nutrition laboratory of the USDA-ARS bee research program. The…
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USDA Names a New ARS Administrator
USDA Names Simon Liu as New ARS Administrator For media inquiries contact: Jan Suszkiw, (202) 734-1176 The U.S. Department of Agriculture named Simon Liu, Ph.D.,…
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Low Genetic Diversity in Bees
DNA Research Finds Low Genetic Diversity Among U.S. Honey Bees For media inquiries contact: Autumn Canaday, (202) 669-5480 U.S. agriculture owes many thanks to the…
Read MoreCATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Honey Bee Disease Diagnostic Services Collaboration Between USDA-ARS, APHIS, & BeeInformed Partnership Starts Today.
A joint collaboration between the Bee Informed Partnership, the USDA-ARS Bee Research Laboratory and USDA-APHIS has been established in the short term to primarily…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Grants Helping the Specialty Crop Industry Reach Food Safety Goals
By Charles W. Parrott, Deputy Administrator, AMS Specialty Crops Program Across the country, farmers growing fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture and nursery…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – Making Sure Consumers Get What They Pay For
Kim Kaplan, Public Affairs Specialist, Agricultural Research Service When ARS researchers wrote the definitive report on the composition of honey in 1962, they made…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Scientists and Beekeepers Swap Colonies to Better Bees
By Kim Kaplan June 21, 2016 BELTSVILLE, Md., June 21, 2016 —The U.S. Department of Agriculture‘s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Bee Research…
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CATCH THE BUZZ – USDA Scientist Files Harassment Suit Against USDA ARS
Jonathan Lundgren, an entomologist with the USDA’s Agriculture Research Service, filed a whistleblower complaint Wednesday alleging the federal agency suppressed his research on a…
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