Honeybee losses continue in the U.S. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. A new USDA report on U.S. honeybee colonies shows continued high losses of those colonies. USDA’s…
Honeybee Colony Numbers Remain Stable, Despite A Nearly 50 Percent Loss
A recent report released by the Bee Informed Partnership shows a significant decline in honeybee colony numbers. The annual Colony Loss and Management Survey indicates a nearly 50 percent loss…
Seeds for Bees Program Accepting Enrollment Applications
…to make sure you get your hat in the bucket and we go from there before funds run out.” Eligibility requirements dictate that applicants reside in California and grow honeybee…
Sorghum: A Useful Pollinator Food Source
…Ours program here. Sorghum a Useful Pollinator Food Source Sorghum: The Unlikely Food Source for Pollinators A honeybee (left), southern carpenter bee (middle) and bumblebee (right) collect sorghum pollen. Photos…
Almond Update: Best Management Practices During Pollination
…honeybee colony strength. Dickey said their experience with cover crops has been a positive one, in keeping pollinators in the orchards. “It supports the natural pollinators, not only the honeybees…
AgNet News Hour: Tuesday, 01-10-23
…on Congress, Right to Repair and the Farm Bill, and the first honeybee vaccine gets approved. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen…
VofV: Genius Beehives with Dick Rogers, Entomologist at Bayer Crop Science
…and monitor healthy honeybee colonies. Dick wants to move towards the creation of a “genius hive,” which would use data to ensure the right conditions exist for thriving bee populations….
Mite-Resistant Honeybees
Honeybees that are pest resistant. That’s today’s This Land of Ours. Pol-line honeybees, a type of Varroa mite-resistant honeybee developed by the Agricultural Research Service, are more than twice as…
Almond Update: Communication Key to Getting Most Out of Honeybees During Bloom
Growers are getting ready for the coming bloom, working with service providers to prepare honeybees for their deployment into orchards. Chief Scientific Officer for the Almond Board of California (ABC),…
AgNet News Hour: Thursday, 02-03-22
…Supreme Court to review Prop. 12 and strategies for optimal honeybee deployment in orchards. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, features, and more. Listen to previous…
Last Chance to Register for Flight of the Honeybees Virtual Conference
The 2021 Seeds of Our Future: The Flight of the Honeybees virtual conference is coming up on August 18 and 19. Sponsored by the Western Growers Center for Innovation &…
Problematic Honeybee Parasite Found to Steal Iron from Its Host
…put it to nutritional use. Transferrin is the protein that allows honeybees to absorb and use iron taken in from pollen. The honeybee parasite uses the transferrin to prevent honeybees…
Proposed Neonicotinoid Mitigations Are Moving Forward
…studies for each active ingredient, including studies on honeybee toxicity as well as pollen and nectar residue. Proposed actions would make some limitations on access for applicators as well as…
Farm City Newsday Friday, 08-14-20
…Leal talks with our friends at Bayer about bee health and best pollinator practices with National Honeybee Day being tomorrow. Taylor Hillman talks with the California Walnut Board about how…