The new ‘Bee Where’ program digitizes bee hive locations and chemical applications that use to be tracked on wall-sized maps. It also requires beekeepers to register all of their hives …
New BeeWhere Program to Provide Better Protection of Bee Hives
The BeeWhere program unveiled at the California Association of Pest Control Advisers (CAPCA) conference is designed to promote bee health and safety by encouraging communication between beekeepers and pesticide applicators. The …
Agri View: Value of Bugs Pollinating Crops
Everett Griner talks about bugs of value to farmers for pollinating crops in today’s Agri View. Value of Bugs Pollinating Crops A lot has been said about the decline of …
USDA: Honey Bee Colony Number Steady
Elevated winter colony losses have not resulted in enduring declines in colony numbers, according to new data released by the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Instead, the number of U.S. honey …
Keeping Honeybees Healthy with Technology
Ellie Symes went from college student at Indiana University to the CEO of a business all in the name of healthy honeybees. Symes had a passion for bees and wanted …
Celebrating National Pollinator Week
It has been 11 years since the U.S. Senate unanimously approved of designating a week in June as National Pollinator Week as a time to celebrate pollinators and increase awareness …
USDA Reopens Application Period for Producers Recovering from Cattle Loss, Other Disasters
Signup Begins June 4 for Livestock Indemnity Program and Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honey Bees, and Farm-raised Fish The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will begin accepting disaster assistance program …
NRCS Resources to Increase Pollinator Populations
The United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is working to increase pollinator populations by aiding farmers in making conservation improvements to help monarch butterflies and …
Agri View: Honeybee Research Continuing
Everett Griner talks about honeybee research in today’s Agri View. Everett discusses a grant researchers have received to study the Varroa mite problem. I hadn’t had an update on the …
Planting a Bee Friendly Garden
Cathy Isom has a few excellent tips on what to plant for a bee friendly garden. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. We all know by know that …
Agri View: Honeybee Update
Everett Griner talks about the honeybee battle still being fought in today’s Agri View. Well, it has been a dozen years or more since the United States faced that series …
ARS Scientist Leads $1 Million Funded Consortium to Seek Honey Bee Disease Controls
Agricultural Research Service (ARS) entomologist Steven Cook will be leading a $1 million funded international consortium of scientists to seek new controls for Varroa mites, honey bees’ number one problem. Cook, with the Bee Research …
UCR Researchers Receive Grant to Improve Pollinator Health
Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research award will identify best management practices to protect bees A team of researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have received a $490,000 Pollinator Health …
Protecting Pollinators Through New Certification Program
A new certification program called Bee Better Certified is designed to assist growers in the planning and implementation of conservation practices to benefit bees and other pollinators. The USDA Natural …